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About me: This site is intended to honor His Holiness through information and discussion about Buddhism, Human Rights and news from Tibet in a supportive and positive environment. I personally do not have contact with His Holiness The Dalai Lama, nor am I a monk, a nun (more appropriate since I am female ;)) or an ordained or qualified Buddhist teacher. I am simply a citizen householder and Buddhist laywoman.
THIS BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE "WWW.DALAILAMA.COM" - WONDERFUL SITE IF YOU HAVE TIME TO BROWSE IT...
"I was born on 6 July 1935, and named Lhamo Thondup, to a poor family in the small village of Taktser in the province of Amdo.
The name, Lhamo Thondup, literally means ‘Wish-Fulfilling Goddess’.
Taktser (Roaring Tiger) was a small and poor settlement that stood on a hill overlooking a broad valley. "
His Holiness’ three elder brothers were Thupten Jigme Norbu - the eldest, who was recognised as the reincarnation of a high lama, Taktser Rinpoche - Gyalo Thondup and Lobsang Samten. The youngest brother, Tenzin Cheogyal was also recognised as the reincarnation of another high lama, Ngari Rinpoche.
"Of course, no one had any idea that I might be anything other than an ordinary baby. It was almost unthinkable that more than one tulku (reincarnation) could be born into the same family and certainly my parents had no idea that I would be proclaimed Dalai Lama.I myself likewise had no particular intimation of what lay ahead. My earliest memories are very ordinary.
I am held to be the reincarnation of each of the previous thirteen Dalai Lamas of Tibet (the first having been born in 1351 AD), who are in turn considered to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig, Bodhisattva of Compassion, holder of the White Lotus. Thus I am also believed to be a manifestation of Chenrezig, in fact the seventy-fourth in a lineage that can be traced back to a Brahmin boy who lived in the time of Buddha Shakyamuni. I am often asked whether I truly believe this. The answer is not simple to give. But as a seventy one year old, when I consider my experience during this present life, and given my Buddhist beliefs, I have no difficulty accepting that I am spiritually connected both to the thirteen previous Dalai Lamas, to Chenrezig and to the Buddha himself".
Who I'd like to meet: For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
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Daily training in the art of peace allows your inner divinity to shine brighter and brighter. Do not concern yourself with the right and wrong doing of others. Do not be calculating or act unnaturaly. Keep your mind set on the Art of Peace, and do not critisize other teachers and traditions. The Art of Peace never restrains, restricts or shackles anything. It imbraces all and purifies everything.
Even though our path is completly different from the warrior arts of the past, It is not necessary to abandon totally the old ways. Absorb venerable traditions into this new Art by clothing them fresh garments, and build on the classic styles to create better forms.
Practice the Art of Peace sincierly and evil thoughts will naturaly dissapear. The only desire that should remain is the thirst for more and more training in the way.
Witnessing the polarity to which the present moment is leading us, it is no longer possible the apolitization of any sphere of the human activity. Political neutrality is a bourgeois myth because not fighting against exploitation lead us to accomplice it.
Another contribution with respect to politics is the attention to live in the present the future conditions of life. The radical activist lives based on the future. And lives with such intensity that frequently forgets the present. Therefore, he is often bitter and suffered. Sadness does not have to be a revolutionary attitude, but rather the Optimism that Hope gives. It is necessary to worry about the future, but living the own present and knowing how to enjoy it, even in the present structures. Why not anticipate the society we are figthing for?
Poverty, in addition, is a category that not always bears relation to the deprivation from material goods. Luis XV in Versailles was rich, in spite of living with less comforts than any middle-high class of our days. To be rich is to have because the others do not have.
Perhaps in last instance, what really characterizes the poor in front of the rich is the lack of security. The poor does not have support to solve its difficulties. There cannot be cultural change without the change of political structures. The Beats broke the political do-nothing of American youth. After the “beats” there were manifestations in favor of human rights: revolts of the universities, the New Left, the “Black Panthers”, the revolts of the ghettos, the pacifists against the war of Vietnam, to finish with the so called “Mcgovern phenomenon”. Therefore a change can only happen on condition of a strong revolutionary commitment and an organizational critical capacity, that was in which they failed.
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Professionally and Creayively I have done photography, written, directed, produced, shot video for and / or rough edited numerous projects over the past several years; including corporate, action sports, private and documentary. I hope to be taking my creative passions to incredible new heights in 2010 and beyond. I also am on a mission to "Know Myself" - I study many Spiritual and Religious aspects of trying to raise my conciousness. Having said that, I do not call anyone Religion or Spiritual works better or worse than another... I believe there are many paths to God or the One or Holiness. I am interested in the truth regardless of it's source and have found it embedded in many sources.
"we are lucky to live these lives we lead. to be a part of the cultural, political and scientific conversation of our time; while able to work one's way through life basically supporting oneself for or through their art. amazing! frustrating sometimes? yes. unfair sometimes...what isn't? know we are blessed. that is why it is imperative that we speak up. it is our responsibility for being so blessed. " - joey alkes of dj monkey
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!
let us fill our hearts with our own compassion towards ourselves and towards all living beings Johann