Ordinary Is Extraordinary
The Shambhala approach is to befriend what is there, the everyday occurrence, which is real, obvious and constant. Then first thought, best thought becomes a shocking experience, which shocks us into reality. It may be the same blue sky and the same Volkswagen car that we drive to work every day. But that ordinariness is extraordinary. That is the dichotomy: when you live life in a thoroughly ordinary way, it is extraordinary.
Barbara Bash calligraphs these words from the Vidyadhara's will
Meditation and the Fourth Moment
The experience of egoless insight and nowness, or the fourth moment
Foreword to The Rain of Wisdom
...the older I get, the more of a Kagyü person I become. -CTR
Remembrance
My first perception of Khyentse Rinpoche was that of a wonderfully loving grandfather.
The Question of Magic
As far as tantra is concerned, magic is working with the real world on a completely ordinary level. Magic is completely relevant to our world, our life and our path.
Touch and Go
Chögyam Trungpa's Epic Journey to the West
Sound and Noise
Roshi's Teachings on the Sandōkai
The Samadhi of the Guru
This is a 2007 recording of Susan Edwards reading her piece, The Samadhi of the Guru, on KGNU Radio in Boulder with music by Thomas Lenk.
Journey to Taktsang 57 Years Ago
The Sadhana of Mahamudra was completed at Taktsang in Bhutan on September 6, 1968. Here, in his own words, is the story of traveling to Taktsang and receiving the sadhana.
The Dawn of Enlightenment
The Star of Bethlehem
Remembering and Rejoicing in our Connection
Rejoicing in our connection
20 Years of Tributes from the Mahasangha
Contribute your poems, stories and tributes to this ongoing collection
