Interpreting done well. Or not.
When Buddhist teachers give teachings to westerners, live interpreting into the main language of the locale is often crucial. It can be done well. But sometimes it is done badly. Here are some of the ...
11 Sep 15min
Farewell to Lama Lodro
After a masterpiece of a life, Lama Lodro finally left us at the age of 100. #Lama #Lodro #eulogy #Tibetan #Buddhism #Edgbaston
16 Aug 17min
SXE04 Guru devotion and scandals
There have been a depressing number of scandals in major Tibetan Buddhist organizations, particularly (though not only) in the West. It clearly has systemic roots - can the disease be identified? PS. ...
19 Apr 13min
Tsopema Nuns
The podcast will have to take a back seat for some months as I work on a project aimed at publishing biographies of a few of the nuns, and the sometimes heroic journeys they undertook to arrive at the...
21 Feb 2min
Buddhist retreat - but why?
"To get enlightened" is such a watery explanation. Mindfulness largely misses the point. This was a retreat about a specific deity. Whatever that is! #Tibetan #Buddhism #Vajrayana #Retreat
31 Jan 9min
Vajrayana is like Mormonism???
Really intended as a brief video on YouTube. Is the Vajrayana "just" a clever technique within conventional Mahayana, or is it really something different.
3 Jan 11min
Tarra for now!
Goodbye to Series 2 - and what of the future?
19 Nov 20253min
Buddhism - A Starter Kit!
You've been looking at Tibetan Buddhism? You want to start? But you still don't know how? This might help.
5 Nov 202548min
