Letting the Mind Rest: Shamatha and Vipassana in Nature October 12th - 14th • Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center We live in a busy world that some might call an “artificial environment:” inside buildings for much of the day, we might feel the comfort of a constant temperature but are removed from the rhythms of […]
The fourth of the four yearly “Great Occasion” holidays on the Tibetan Buddhist calendar is Lhabab Duchen, the day commemorating the Buddha’s descent from the heavenly realm where he had gone to repay his mother’s kindness by teaching her and other celestial beings the profound dharma. Virtuous acts done during this time are multiplied many […]
The fourth of the four yearly “Great Occasion” holidays on the Tibetan Buddhist calendar is Lhabab Duchen, the day commemorating the Buddha’s descent from the heavenly realm where he had gone to repay his mother’s kindness by teaching her and other celestial beings the profound dharma. Virtuous acts done during this time are multiplied many […]
The fourth of the four yearly “Great Occasion” holidays on the Tibetan Buddhist calendar is Lhabab Duchen, the day commemorating the Buddha’s descent from the heavenly realm where he had gone to repay his mother’s kindness by teaching her and other celestial beings the profound dharma. Virtuous acts done during this time are multiplied many […]
Lhabab Duchen Sunday is the Sunday observance of Lhabab Duchen, the Great Occasion of the Buddha’s descent from the god realm. Some time after his enlightenment, the Buddha traveled to the realm of the gods, where his mother, Queen Maya, had been reborn, in order to repay her kindness by teaching the profound Abhidharma. We […]