Archive for 'Religion'
Video from the Lama Temple
My previous post covered my visit to the Lama Temple. I’ve now got a video posted, so you can experience this “museum” more fully yourself.
You can see this in the middle of this video, but here’s a transcript of what I overheard the tour guide say about the Dalai Lama, and my question to him.
Tour […]
Posted: August 5th, 2007 under Culture, Religion, Video.
Comments: 19
Day 5 - Lama Temple and Religious Freedom
Paul and I visited the “Lama Temple” today, a Tibetan Buddhist temple and monastery right in the heart of Beijing. Strange, right? Well it has a long history going back to the Qing dynasty, when some Manchu emperors became spiritual students of the Dalai Lamas. It was shuttered for many years after the Communists came […]
Posted: August 5th, 2007 under Culture, News, Religion.
Comments: 6
The Song on Reaching the Mountain Peak
Hearken, my sons! If you want
To climb the mountain peak
You should hold the Self-mind’s light,
Tie it with a great “Knot,”
And catch it with a firm “Hook.”
If you practice thus
You can climb the mountain peak
To enjoy the view.
Come, you gifted men and women,
Drink the brew of Experience!
Come “inside” to enjoy the scene –
See it and […]
Posted: August 1st, 2007 under Poetry, Religion.
Comments: 1