Buddhism In Japan May Be Dying Out

By NORIMITSU ONISHI
The Japanese have long taken an easygoing, buffetlike approach to religion, ringing out the old year at Buddhist temples and welcoming the new year, several hours later, at Shinto shrines. Weddings hew to Shinto rituals or, just as easily, to Christian ones.
When it comes to funerals, though, the Japanese have traditionally been inflexibly [...]

Buddhism Internet Digest

The Earth Sanctuary Blog - View the video to see how the Tsa Tsas were made at the first workshop. Please come to this Tsa Tsa workshop and help make the Tsa Tsas that will go into the Stupa that H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya is having built near the Tara Meditation Center at Earth Sanctuary…
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Simhamukha - Sengdongma - Lion-Faced Dakini

Simhamukha (Sanskrit) or Senge Dongma (Tibetan) usually is translated into English as Lion-Faced Dakini.
This dakini and female tantric Buddha is regarded as one of the principal wrathful manifestations of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche). As such, she is connected with many ceremonies of the Dzogchen tradition.

Considered to be the secret form of Vajrayogini, Lion-faced Dakini also has [...]

Switzerland to Host 1st Europe Tibetan Congress

The 1st Europe Tibetan Congress will take place in Basel, Switzerland from 11-12 October 2008. The Congress will provide a platform for Tibetans living in Europe to discuss political responsibilities and challenges, as well as how Tibetan religion and culture can be preserved and practiced in Exile in Europe among the Tibetans.
Over 125 Tibetan delegates [...]

New Book Rewiev: Gampopa’s Mahamudra

Five-Part Mahamudra is a specific and effective way of entering reality. It was first taught by Lord Gampopa and became one of the main ways of practising Mahamudra in the Kagyu lineage. This book is a compendium of these teachings that accurately transmit the whole Five-Part Mahamudra system.