Renunciation + Compassion = Emancipation

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Free Dharma teaching by Dzoghcen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche today on USTREAM @ 6 PM Pacific. More: http://tinyurl.com/Dzogchen-Lineage-2011-06-04

:: Celebrate our good fortune in having such an amazing good place to live! May we treat our planet with care and respect! Happy Earth Day!

:: Yesterday as I drove through the mountains of Vermont there were still meter-deep drifts of snow in the woods. We had snow flurries too!

May each person sow the seeds of patience and kindness in their present thinking & actions so that their harvest will be greater happiness.

:: It was a month ago today that the world shook in Japan. My month has been so easy compared to that of the people & all beings of Japan.

:: "All individual things pass away. Seek your own liberation with diligence." ~ The final words of Buddha Shakyamuni

"We are all an instrument in an orchestra of emptiness; What is heard is dependent upon what is listening." ~Duncan Ros

:: Played 2 open mics tonite at Cafe Mezzaluna‎ in Saugerties & then Joshua's in Woodstock. Saw Thu nite Bluegrass Band at Harmony. Music!

"We are responsible not only for our own happiness, we affect and are affected by the concerns of all others on this globe." ~HH Dalai Lama

:: Praying for my Uncle Jack of Tucson, who passed today. Wherever he goes, may he find happiness and the causes of happiness.

:: Woohoo! I just got booked for an event on the North Pole! Good thing I like cold weather.

:: Please attend this incredible opportunity to learn & practice Dharma for three months this summer. www.dzogchenlineage.org/internship

:: I encourage you to read this beautiful teaching about Japan from Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche
http://ping.fm/vHcwM

:: My compassion to all those affected by the earthquakes in Japan. My gratitude to all the kind-hearted birthday wishes!

:: Tibet Day, Year 52. May Tibetan religion, language, and culture be preserved!

By contributing to, and feeling joy about, the translations of Dharma texts, u participate in the merit:
http://ping.fm/0dAhg

:: Happy Losar, Tibetan New Year 2138! May all groups who wish for autonomy, attain greater self-rule, while cultivating interconnections.

:: You can’t be more fortunate than to lose all your possessions B 4 U die, because at the moment of death, U only have 2 give up your body.

If we take eternity to mean not everlasting time but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. ~Wittgenstein

:: Scientists believe that something called dark energy is blowing the universe apart. But they don't know anything compared to what exists.

‎"I am not trying to wake up your nature, because it is not sleeping. I am trying to wake up your ignorance so it becomes awareness."
~ DKCR

:: So great to perform in public last night. Was able to play 3 sets including 14 originals and 2 covers. Made some $$. Thank you Woodstock!

:: Spontaneous gig tonight for Perceptual: Wok & Roll 50 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY 12498; 8-10 PM; The Dharma Bums are headlining.

:: Had a nice Dharma teaching event in Woodstock last night followed by a well received live music performance at a local club.

:: I'm visiting the beautiful Palyul Temple in Central New York State. Heading next to Padma Samye Ling nearby.

:: For those of you at northern latitudes, watch for Aurora tonight and the next couple nights, see http://spaceweather.com for details.

:: My band's 10-song demo album is downloadable for free at: http://ping.fm/vzBwu

:: Happy Valentine's Day to all sentient beings. May we love all beings equally and infinitely!

:: "What is the View? It is nothing less than seeing the actual state of things as they are..."
~ Sogyal Rinpoche

:: Been compiling in a Word doc all my writings, offline, email, & msgs; looks like about 50,000 words for January, the length of a novel!

"Nothing endures, all is in endless flux,
Each wandering shape a pilgrim passing by."
~ Ovid, from Metamorphoses
http://ping.fm/H8vFp

:: I got my trailer fixed! Yay! Planning the next leg of my East Coast Dharma teaching tour with confidence! Thank you to all my supporters!

:: "Buddhism is primarily a study of mind and a system for training the mind. It is spiritual in nature, not religious." ~ Dzogchen Ponlop

:: "Because every action causes ripples; consequences both obvious and unforeseen."
~ from The Firefly, Fringe Season 3 Episode 10

:: The less one engages in harmful thinking, the less one will impute fictitious deluded scenarios.

:: It was 12°F (-11°C) in my car last night. My toes got really cold! It's time for me switch from my summer sleeping bag to my winter bag!

:: "We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved." ~ Sogyal Rinpoche (from 2011-01-16 Rigpa Glimpse)

:: Obit of amazing man who helped Tibet rebound from biggest book burning campaign in history. www.economist.com/node/17899572?story_id=17899572

:: "Money and property come and go, but good deeds are priceless and continuously pay dividends." ~ Hazlitt

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." ~ Carl Gustav Jung

:: When I hear about someone murdered, I pray deeply for them, but pray doubly for all killers to be free from their negative causes.

If our deepest desire is truly to live and go on living, why do we blindly insist that death is the end? ~ Sogyal Rinpoche ~ Rigpa Glimpse

:: Drafting a revision of "Attack of the Killer Video Book: Tips and Tricks for Young Directors." http://ping.fm/AW84i

:: Check out the in-depth interview with me about my tour and Dharma teaching on pages 35-51 of Buzi Buty 002 http://www.buzibuty.com