http://www.shopping-in-beijing.com/beijingshops/Handicraft_702.html Beijing shopping: Heavenly Eyes Beijing is located just a few steps south of the Lama Temple on Yong He Gong Street. This is Part B   more...of the clip.  less

It has been over ten years since the initiative was taken to bring attention to Tibet, through music and international tours. After the public lost interest in it and ending it in 2001, the music scene   more...has been pretty grim from my point of view. The 20th anniversary of Live-Aid is a clear sign of that. Enjoy the music. Listen. Just listen.  less

It has been over ten years since the initiative was taken to

bring attention to Tibet, through music and international

tours. After the public lost interest in it and ending it in

2001, the music scene   more...has been pretty grim from my point of

view. The 20th anniversary of Live-Aid is a clear sign of

that. Enjoy the music. Listen. Just listen.  less

It has been over ten years since the initiative was taken to bring attention to Tibet, through music and international tours. After the public lost interest in it and ending it in 2001, the music scene   more...has been pretty grim from my point of view. The 20th anniversary of Live-Aid is a clear sign of that. Enjoy the music. Listen. Just listen.  less

An indepth look into the philosophy, traditions, and practice of Buddhism by the Tibetan people.

An indepth look into the philosophy, traditions, and practice of Tibetan monks.

An indepth look into the philosophy, traditions, and practice of Tibetan monks.

An indepth look into the philosophy, traditions, and practice of Tibetan monks.

Lama Marut continues the delineation of the main obstacles to working hard, happily, for real and lasting happiness. “Attraction to things that are bad” or bad habits means, among other things, watching   more...TV instead of spending time more profitably. And feeling discouraged, low self-esteem, or depression – which has increased in proportion to our own affluence and is due to thinking about ourselves all the time – is another major obstacle to our spiritual progress.

This videocast is taken from a Tibetan Heart Yoga Teacher Training course held in Tucson, Arizona, in September of 2007.


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Lama Marut discusses the three worldviews we use to explain how and why things happen to us in life. #1. Things happen for no reason. #2. God is micromanaging the Universe. Or #3. Everything is in the   more...web of causality. We conveniently mix and match these worldviews to explain our circumstances, but a true believer of worldview #3 takes responsibility for everything that is happening in their world.


This videocast is taken from a Diamond Mountain University course on the Bhagavad Gita taught in Tucson, Arizona, in the fall of 2007.

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God can be understood to be a transcendent figure, outside of us, or as very close, right here in our lives. In the Bhagavad Gita, God is presented as Krishna, the guru and close friend of His devotee,   more...Arjuna. We too can have an intimate relationship with the divine in the form of our religious teacher, but we must first must recognize the guru as our personal portal to the sacred and surrender ourselves to Him or Her.

This videocast is taken from a Diamond Mountain University course on the Bhagavad Gita taught in Tucson, Arizona, in the winter of 2008.

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The spiritual path is meant to lead to “freedom,” liberation from suffering and unhappiness. But until we are enlightened, we don’t really know what true happiness would feel like. We are entrenched   more...in suffering, no matter how materially comfortable our lives are. Recognizing our own unhappiness is a necessary precondition for starting on the path. We have to first get serious about the fact of suffering if we are going to be liberated from it.

This videocast is taken from a course taught for Diamond Mountain University in Tucson, Arizona, in the fall of 2007.

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We are living miraculous lives, but what are we doing with them? We are mostly taking them for granted instead of taking full advantage of our amazing opportunity. We have are living the lives that   more...millions of traditional practitioners have prayed for, and should not just sleep walk through it.

This videocast is taken from a series of teachings given at Rockport, Massachusetts, in January, 2007.

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Reality can be divided into how things appear and how things really are. Things exist “deceptively” in that they appear differently from how they really are. It seems that things are “out there,” independently   more...and objectively. But actually they are “empty.” Things do exist, but only as projections coming from us due to how we’ve treated others in the past. Humans see a cylinder as pen while a dog might see it as a chew toy due to different karma. Because things are ultimately empty of self-nature, everything is perfectible.

This videocast is taken from a course taught for Diamond Mountain University in Tucson, Arizona, in the fall of 2007.

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Many people in the Western world seem to have forgotten that true goal of every spiritual tradition is the highest happiness – bliss or ecstasy. Every authentic spiritual path leads to this goal, and   more...on the way to that goal the practitioner should be getting happier and happier. Non-spiritual paths like consumer capitalism do not bring happiness, and the proof of that is that we all got everything the materialistic worldview promised. Instead of happiness, our prosperity just brought more depression.

This videocast is taken from a series of teachings given at Rockport, Massachusetts, in January of 2008.

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What qualities should you look for in a spiritual teacher? Lama Marut reviews the list: You should have a strong attraction to them and they should be happy (since that’s what you want them to teach   more...you!). They should be ethical, good at meditation, and intellectually know the nature of reality. Their spiritual qualities should exceed yours, they should be happily working hard to teach you, and they should know the spiritual texts that they are teaching. They should have a deep realization of ultimate reality, be a master instructor, teach because they love you, and not get discouraged and give up on you.

This videocast is taken from a Diamond Mountain University course on the Bhagavad Gita taught in Tucson, Arizona, in the winter of 2008.

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Because things are “empty” of self-nature, both the perception of ourselves and that of the world around us are infinitely perfectible. Our sense of ourselves (that little inner voice we are forced to   more...listen to) and of the world around us are both filtered through our subjectivity. What’s crucial is to learn what causes us to interpret our reality the way we do so that we can change it for the better.

This videocast is taken from a series of teachings given at Rockport, Massachusetts, in January, 2007.

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Karma yoga in the Bhagavad Gita means, among other things, “selfless action” – learning how to act in the world without creating negative karmic consequences or repercussions. How do we do this? Primarily   more...through selfless action – compassion action in the service of others. Taking the self-interest out of action defuses negative karmic fruits.

This videocast is taken from a course taught for Diamond Mountain University in Tucson, Arizona, in the fall of 2007.

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Doing something for others – preferably anonymously – everyday is one of the secrets of happiness. Helping others is actually the best thing we can do for ourselves. Altruistic behavioir is the cause   more...of our own happiness and is therefore in our “enlightened” self-interest.

This videocast is taken from a series of teachings given at Rockport, Massachusetts, in January, 2007.

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The Bhagavad Gita teaches us how to act properly in a messy, imperfect world. First and foremost, we must understand the real principles of causality – which is one element of what the Gita calls “karma   more...yoga.” Everything is in the nexus of causality and change. There are no “things” in the world. Everything is just movement or process; everything is coming from karma.

This videocast is taken from a course taught for Diamond Mountain University in Tucson, Arizona, in the fall of 2007.

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http://www.akamaipromotions.net/blogs.html Co-hosted by the Maui Dharma Center & VITEC - Maui Community College, Feb. 2008.Music excerpt "The Jewel in the Lotus" by Lama Surya Das &   more...Steven Halpern.  less

Amy Goodman Questions Sen. Obama on Heeding Iraqis' Call for Full US Withdrawal. "From the Frontlines of Humanity": Former UN Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland on World Crises -- Congo, Darfur,   more...Iraq, Colombia and Palestine. Following Mixed Court Ruling, Mumia Abu-Jamal's Lead Attorney Maintains Hope for Overturning Conviction.  less

this is just a re-upload video in reference to free tibet now, it was a public service announcement.

On March 10, 2008, the Tibetan Freedom Movement launched its global Tibetan People's Uprising. In New York City, thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters gathered at City Hall early in the morning and   more...then marched to the United Nations. Tibetans inside and outside Tibet have begun a series of nonviolent direct actions including a return march to Tibet. The Chinese military has since cracked down on the Tibetan people and over 100 Tibetans have been killed inside Tibet. The Tibetan People demand the Chinese Government allow H.H. the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, to return to his homeland Tibet. Demonstrators ask for the release of hundreds of political prisoners, and for China to stop its Colonial rule and population transfer, which is wiping out what remains of Tibetan culture inside the country. The Tibetan People have also called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Until Tibet is free and the Chinese government puts a stop to its human rights abuses, China does not deserve to host the Beijing 2008 Olympics. One world—one dream—Free Tibet now.  less