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The most comprehensive study of the Sky-gazing meditation known as thod rgal has been written by Flavio A. Geisshuesler. Although the term thod rgal is generally translated as "Direct Transcendence" or "Leap Over," Geisshuesler argues that the expression really means "Skullward Leap" as it consists of the Tibetan words thod ("above," "over," but also "head wrapper," "turban," "skull") and rgal ...
Tibetan Sky-Gazing Meditation and the Pre-History of Great Perfection Buddhism. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-42881-2. Olds, Robert & Rachel (2011). Luminous Heart of Inner Radiance: Drawings of the Tögal Visions. Heart Seed Press. ISBN 978-0983194507
Erin Potts [15] and The Milarepa Fund commissioned artist Jim Evans (T.A.Z.) to do a series of limited edition serigraphs for the San Francisco, New York City, and Washington D.C. events. [ 16 ] Free Tibet , a documentary and concert film by Sarah Pirozek, with Erin Potts and Adam Yauch, was released on 11 September 1998.
In Tibetan Sky-Gazing Meditation and the Pre-History of Great Perfection Buddhism, Flavio Geisshuesler notes that many of the key motifs pervading this religious tradition are actually invoking a pre-Buddhist heritage rather than Mahāyoga teachings of Indian Buddhist origins.
Dzogchen (Tibetan: རྫོགས་ཆེན་, Wylie: rdzogs chen 'Great Completion' or 'Great Perfection'), also known as atiyoga (utmost yoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Bön aimed at discovering and continuing in the ultimate ground of existence. [2]
The Great Prayer Festival, a tradition begun by Tsong Khapa. Many pilgrims gather at Jokhang in Lhasa: 1st Month: 15th: Lantern Festival: Commemorates Buddha's miracle at Sravasti. Fires are lit on roofs, and lamps in windows 2nd Month: 28th-29th-Festival to drive out evil spirits and expel the scapegoat. Lamas encircle Lhasa with trumpets: 4th ...
It’s time for that annual autumnal event—gazing upon the full Harvest Moon on Tuesday, September 17. The name denotes that it’s the full moon that falls closest to the autumn equinox, which ...
Powell Street is a street in San Francisco, California that connects from Market Street through Union Square, North Beach, Nob Hill, Russian Hill and ends at Fisherman's Wharf. The intersection of Powell Street with Market Street is the starting point of the Powell-Hyde Street terminal line of the San Francisco Cable Car , which ends on Hyde ...