I just recently watched Brilliant Moon, a beautiful movie dedicated to delivering the story of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s life. Narrated by Richard Gere (what Buddhist films aren’t these days?!), the film is made up of both photographs, archival film and where footage was not available, there are lush animated sequences by artist/animator Branco Teslic that add much to the [...]

Book review of “Mindfulness: An eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world by Mark Williams and Danny Penman” via the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic  I highly recommend this book and it is now part of our professional training required reading because it also offers a fresh perspective from which to teach mindfulness skills. Via Shambhala SunSpace comes this [...]

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The Fear Project , brought to my attention by Saltwater Buddha How not to tell a colleague to **** off – The Under 35 Project I had to work up to just picturing her in the practice, let alone sending any metta. It surprised me to realise however that the first stage of sending myself metta, was [...]

It may sound strange to describe it as such, but this book is like a great selection of short, fast punk rock songs. No need to go off into heavy, long guitar solos. Time to just get to it. Get in and get out. Living Fully does just that. It’s a collection of many short [...]

In the book “Living Fully- Finding Joy in Every Breath” there is a Question and Answer session with the author Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche which really resonated with me so much that I wanted to share it with you. Question: Many young people are addicted to Facebook and Twitter, or spend their entire day on their [...]

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20 minute trailer for ‘When The Iron Bird Flies’ ‘Celebrity Teachers and the Lessons They Teach’ – a post from 108 Zen Books who reminded me of my persistent need to cry when I have seen the Dalai Lama in person. **Forgive me for such a short list but I’m STILL trying to finish reading [...]

Addiction should be treated as a health problem rather than a criminal matter, comedian Russell Brand has told a committee of MPs.

Via Nella Lou, author Smiling Buddha Cabaret  came mention of  the blog The Lost Yak and in particular this post on “How Not to Tattoo a Tibetan Mantra” (I’m a blank canvas myself). I do really love GOOD magazine and all that they do so I was delighted to see this article titled “Cleaning Up [...]

I just listened to a two part interview series that the Buddhist Geeks conducted with Buddhist author, teacher and translator Ken McLeod speaking to the circumstance of the experience of a generational gap that can sometimes occur between students and teachers and wanted to share some observations with you as well as my own experiences. [...]

Via the Facebook feed for the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York comes this video from Micheal Bartelle.
Now who hasn’t had Gaga pop into their head during a meditation session?

Here’s a video featuring that sassy Lodro Rinzler  and a call to action for submissions for the Under 35 Project.  Within this video, he says the ‘H’ word that I dislike to the core of my being. Horny. I hate the word horny. HATE. I remember a therapist using it in a session and I [...]

Trust Gratitude Inspiration Friday Today I am Trusting of:The innate goodness in most people.The power of meditation.Today I am Grateful for:Kind and authentic friends.A comfortable house and good food.My upcoming trip to Toronto to see one of my oldest friends.Today I…

and also via Foodtrap “How I Got Rid of 2000 Books and Started Reading More” from The Minimalists Links from BuddhaNet on Women in Buddhism Emptiness in the Kagyu Tradition (featuring an interview with Karl Brunnholzl who will be releasing a new commentary on the Heart Attack Sutra this Spring. Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Community [...]

Much of our lives are about stories. We are born into the world of tales of princesses atop of peas and oatmeal being too hot, too cold or just right. Our little hearts demand just one story more, pleading with our parents to keep us entertained for a moment longer. Anything to keep us from the [...]

A few articles, links, videos and interviews have passed my path and I wanted to share them here rather than hoard them in my tabs where there of no real use to anyone. I’m going to try to make this a regular thing so if you have any news you’d like to share, please email [...]