Loden Jinpa - Merely LabeledLoden Jinpa - Merely LabeledA blog about Buddhism and buddhist thought from a Western Buddhist monk in the Tibetan Geluk tradition. Articles
Poll Result: What kind of blog post do you prefer?
2008-06-03 08:55:00 I know this is not really a new post, and yes I know I keep making excuses for not blogging. Believe me, if I could blog everyday I would. Anyways here are the result for the latest poll What kind of blog posts do you prefer? Shorter pithy = 4 11% of all votes Medium tutorial = ... More About: Post , Blog , Poll , Polls , Result
Is wisdom really necessary in order to generate compassion
2008-05-27 04:02:00 It seems that my assertion from the article Philosophy as Practice raised some eyebrows. …without the ability to analyze and use critical thinking, even the compassion spoken of in Buddhism cannot be fully developed. Therefore the wisdom lineage, as in ?method and wisdom?, pervades the method lineage. I was surprised by the doubt raised by this statement, ... More About: Wisdom , Compassion , Essays , Order
Homelessness Memorial Event And A Chance To Talk About Loneliness
2008-05-21 09:42:00 I’ve been invited to speak at the annual Homelessness Memorial event held in Melbourne, Australia on June 18th of this year. So I will get a chance to talk a little on loneliness, an emotion that for some is very real and very painful. I might use this opportunity to write on loneliness also. So ... More About: News , Event , General , Chance , Talk
Philosophy as Practice
2008-05-14 07:01:00 Do you remember this verse by Dromtonpa (1005-1064) from the article on the tools for meditation? Some think, Meditators do not need to study; those who teach need to study. Actually, learning is more necessary for the meditator; teachers may just incur the fault of explaining something incorrectly. Have you thought about it’s meaning? It is pretty ... More About: Philosophy , Practice , Essays
What kind you posts do you want me to write?
2008-05-07 06:51:00 n What kind of blog post do you prefer? Shorter pithy Medium tutorial Longer essay Just keep doing what you're currently doing. All of the above View Results addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flodenjinpa.com%2F2008%2F05% 2F06%2Fwhat-kind-you-posts-do-you-want-me -to-write%2F'; addthis_title = 'What+kind+you+posts+do+you+want+me+to+wr ite%3F'; addthis_pub = ''; Related Posts : Polls , Uncategorized Add to del.icio.us © Loden Jinpa for Loden Jinpa - ... More About: Write
You Are You Own Best Friend
2008-05-06 02:16:00 According to many, our mind plays a major role in the quality of our life and how we relate to both oneself and others. Understanding this, we can come to better understand ourselves and, thereby make extraordinary advances in what Aristotle called eudemonia, or the good life. Eudemonia is a sense of well-being, a ... More About: Friend , Featured
10 Steps to Becoming a Better Meditator
2008-04-29 03:50:00 Meditate. Meditate more. Meditate even more. Meditate even more than that. Meditate when you don’t want to. Meditate when you do. Meditate when you have something to meditate on. Meditate when you don’t. Meditate every day. Keep meditating. Seriously though there is a lesson in there. Think like a meditator, be like a meditator. Which is by the way the title of a forth coming blog post I’m currently working on. Related Posts: Meditation Add to del.icio.us © Loden Jinpa for Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled, 2008. | Permalink | No comment More About: Steps
Buddhist Forums take 2
2008-04-23 04:57:00 I know I said I had decided to not go ahead with the forums site but… When I started to look into running a forum, as part of my investigation (I had never even visited one until then) I had purchased the domain Buddhist Forums .net as well as hosting for the site. I also installed the software, ...
Meditation classes in Sunbury
2008-04-21 08:23:00 I will be presenting classes on meditation at the Sunbury Community Health Centre starting May 6th and running through to June 10th. Meditation - Key to a Calmer Life A practical approach to improving health, happiness and relaxation through meditation. The main aim is to develop a clear, happy mind free of tension and stress. This effective ... More About: News , Classes
Buddhist tools of meditation
2008-04-17 09:26:00 Learning to meditate is a creative process of persistent enthusiastic effort in becoming familiar with functional minds such as the minds of compassion and the wisdom the knows emptiness. Being able to meditate deeply is not something that will naturally happen over night. Would you expect to become an artist or musician after just ... More About: Tools , Articles , Meditation , Featured , Lamrim
Buddhist prayers for the dying
2008-04-16 09:41:00 I often get asked, what people can do during the last days of a loved one. Below is some simply advice for anyone currently dealing with death. What to do when someone is dying Generally speaking, just having good thoughts and memories of your loved one will be helpful both to you and your loved one(s). Getting upset, crying or getting angry, will only serve to make things worse. A persons state of mind at the time of death is important for a good rebirth. Therefore it is best to help the dying person remain calm and happy. Reminding them of events that will only cause problems is not a skillful action. So try to avoid this as much as possible. If you feel so inclined, you and if possible, the dying person can meditate on compassion and loving-kindness for all sentient beings. Start off the meditation by not focusing on a friend, as this can cause people to get upset and attachment to arise. Think about someone like a work friend or someone similar. Someone that you know and ... More About: Prayers , Dying , Buddhist
Just some random thoughts arising in meditation
2008-04-14 01:15:00 Like a nurturing mother bird, The lama took me under his wing. Feeding me the knowledge of Dharma. Can I ever repay his kindness? Geshe Thubten Loden’s biography addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flodenjinpa.com%2F2008%2F04% 2F13%2Fjust-some-random-thoughts-arising- in-meditation%2F'; addthis_title = 'Just+some+random+thoughts+arising+in+med itation'; addthis_pub = ''; Related Posts: Poetry Add to del.icio.us © Loden Jinpa for Loden Jinpa ... More About: Meditation , Random Thoughts , Random , Thoughts
Reader question Bouncing email
2008-04-08 01:06:00 To the reader that emailed me recently regarding Buddhist epistemology and Buddhist metaphysics. Your email address is bouncing back. So I can’t reply to your email. You will need to try sending through your email again. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flodenjinpa.com%2F2008%2F04% 2F07%2Freader-question-bouncing-email%2F' ; addthis_title = 'Reader +question+Bouncing+email'; addthis_pub = ''; ... More About: Email , Question , General
Accommodation for Dalai Lama visit to Australia
2008-04-04 04:11:00 So your think about going to the teaching by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia June 2008 but, need information regarding accommodation? Here you go http://dalailamainaustralia.org/teachings Tour2008/accommodation.aspx addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flodenjinpa.com%2F2008%2F04% 2F03%2Faccommodation-for-dalai-lama-visit -to-australia%2F'; addthis_title = 'Accommodation +for+Dalai+Lama+visit+to+Au stralia'; addthis_pub = ''; Related Posts: News Add to del.icio.us © Loden Jinpa for ... More About: Visit
5 ways to becoming a better Buddhist
2008-04-03 21:15:00 So you want to be a great meditator. You want your life to improve and you want realizations, correct? Below are 5 basic characteristics you need to cultivate. Honesty Wisdom Enthusiasm Respect Listen 1: Honesty Being honest means not just telling truths. It mean having the ability to discern personality faults with pragmatism. This may seem obvious but, the ability to see subtle ... More About: Lamrim , Buddhist
5 ways to becoming a better Buddhist
2008-04-03 21:15:00 So you want to be a great meditator. You want your life to improve and you want realizations, correct? Below are 5 basic characteristics you need to cultivate. Honesty Wisdom Enthusiasm Respect Listen 1: Honesty Being honest means not just telling truths. It mean having the ability to discern personality faults with pragmatism. This may seem obvious but, the ability to see subtle ... More About: Lamrim , Buddhist
Buddhist forums, do you use them?
2008-04-03 05:19:00 Please leave a comment to the questions below or simply submit your vote on the poll “Do you visit Buddhist forum sites?” to the right-hand side of the blog. Do you use Buddhist forums? If so, why and, if you had a say in how they were run, how would you change them. If you make ... More About: Forums , Polls
How many hours per week do you study
2008-04-03 05:12:00 Result: How many hours per week do you spend reading or studying Buddhism? All up there were 60 votes cast and the result show that most people 37% or 22 voter study between 1-5 hours per week. This is pretty good I feel…but come on you can do better! Less than 1 5 8% of all votes ... More About: Study , Polls , Week , Hours
Scientist studies brain from the inside out.
2008-03-20 12:39:00 In a truly inspirational video (although I’m not a fan of overly flowery language) neuroanatomist Jill Taylor describes an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — ... More About: Studies , Scientist , Inside , Brain , From The Inside
Dalai Lama in Australia 2009
2008-03-12 04:26:00 His Holiness the Dalai Lama has agreed to address the Closing Ceremony of the Melbourne Parliament of the World’s Religions on the afternoon of December 9th, 2009. http://www.parliamentofreligions2009.org The following day, December 10th, will mark the 20th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Tibetan spiritual leader in 1989. The Dalai Lama is a member of the Parliament’s International Advisory Council, and has participated in several previous Parliaments. We are very lucky here in Australia as His Holiness was here in 2007, and in coming in 2008 and 2009!I hope that we can arrange for HHDL to give dharma teachings while in Australia in 2009. Related Posts: News Add to del.icio.us © Loden Jinpa for Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled, 2008. | Permalink | No comment
Overnewton students learn meditation
2008-03-11 03:37:00 Recently I was asked to lecture on Buddhist philosophy and meditation to a group of high school kids. The kids and staff were great. Very attentive and interested in learning about Buddhism and or meditation. So a shout-out to the staff and kids at Overnewton College. I applaud Overnewton College for their wonderful and progressive outlook to ... More About: News , Meditation , Students , Learn
I?m still around, just very busy!
2008-02-18 00:58:00 Hi everyone, I got an inquiry from a worried reader want to know my whereabouts and reasons for a lack of blogging over the past couple of weeks. Truth is, I have been very busy and had little time to do anything other than work, meditation commitments and sleep. This will be the case of another ... More About: News , Busy
The Proust Questionnaire
2008-02-01 06:32:00 I’ve being tagged by Danny Fisher and so he are my answers to the following questionnaire. I will tag…Vincent HornC4ChaosHokaiDanzanWilliam Harryman I haven’t answered all the questions as some of them are silly. What is your idea of perfect happiness?Well being a Buddhist monk my understanding of happiness is not based on experiences of bliss generated from physical ... More About: General
The Joy of Meditation Part one
2008-01-22 11:17:00 The Buddha said more than two and a half millennia ago, all beings want happiness and wish to avoid suffering. At first glance, this may seem like a simplistic observation however, a closer examination will reveal an extraordinary implication. Everyone has this innate wish, the wish for greater happiness, it is not a selfish wish, however, ... More About: Meditation , Part , Featured
How much do you meditate poll results
2008-01-21 23:57:00 I have left this poll up longer than I had expected. In the end there was only 23 votes.I’m not sure if that means only 23 of you meditate or that many of you didn’t know the poll was there to participate in. Either way here are the results. Less than 1 = 15%1-5 = 42%10-20 ... More About: Results , Poll , Polls
98th Ganden Tripa
2008-01-20 07:03:00 I received an email from a reader asking a biography on the 98th Ganden Tripa HE Jampel Shenpen the head of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism. Does anyone have any information or links? I have Googled but didn’t find make. In fact I was surprised to see that there is no wikipedia entry for ... More About: General
Tribute to Geshe Jampa Gyatso
2008-01-14 05:49:00 The next Mandala magazine features a tribute one of my teachers, the late Geshe Achraya Jampa Gyatso. Here are some short quotes form Ven Joan’s well written tribute. Geshe-la taught us not to misuse our own or others? belongings, to not waste or throw out what could still be used, to not go running after the latest ... More About: News , General , Tribute
Readers questions - Finding a Lama
2008-01-14 02:38:00 I received a series of questions on a post about finding a Lama , what meditating to practice etc. I decided it was be easily and quicker to do it via video. I hope this is useful? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flodenjinpa.com%2F2008%2F01% 2F13%2Freaders-questions-finding-a-lama%2 F'; addthis_title = 'Readers +questions+-+Finding+a+Lama'; addthis_pub = ''; ... More About: Videos , Questions , Meditation
Dalai Lama DVD on Dependent Origination
2008-01-11 10:49:00 I have just finished watching the DVD’s of teaching His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave on Dependent Origination, a key Buddhist concept. The teaching were organized by Gyuto Vajrayana Center in San Francisco. The texts HHDL uses for these teachings are Nagarjuna’s and Lama Tsong Khapa’s spiritual songs of devotion to the Buddha. This teachings are ... More About: Philosophy , News
Response to the question can we have good illusions
More articles from this author:2008-01-10 08:55:00 Recently a got an iMac. The iMac has video recording and editing software capabilities and so I thought I’d give it a try by responding to a comment by Anwesh on the benefits of understanding Buddhist Epistemology and Psychology. Click To Play I’m interested to know your feelings on whether video is a good communications medium to ... More About: Videos , Question , Illusions , Good , Response 1, 2, 3 |
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