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Save the date and join us for a very special talk with Carroll Dunham : The Alchemy of Himalayan Healing Monday June 14th... 10 - 11am (Los Angeles Time Zone) By donation, RSVP required Link to register in bio Carroll Dunham is an anthropologist, Buddhist practitioner, chaplain and pilgrim. Passionate about Himalayan herbs, she has worked with traditional healers in the Himalayas and Mongolia and is a life long student of the profound teachings of Sowa Rigpa. Author of 5 books on Himalayan cultures, she has produced over 12 films exploring the Science of Buddhism, Virgin Goddesses, Nomads of Mongolia and more. Her most recent book, a collaborative effort, Boudha: Restorating The Great Stupa with photographer Mani Lama and other contributors. After 30 years living in Nepal, with 16 summers in Mongolia, she and her husband now reside in New Mexico, learning to grow medicinal plants in the soil and elements of this high plateau desert. Exploring medicinal plants and traditional healers of the Himalayas, the challenges they face in keeping this ancient knowledge flourishing, we discover some of the most profound aspects of healing as this tradition responds to the climatic and social challenges of our times. #himalayanhealing #alchemyofhealing #medicinebuddha #naturalmedicine #herbalism #medicinalplants #sowarigpa #ayurveda #nepal #mongolia #traditionalmedicine #carrolldunham

Posted @withregram @yangchenma.arts.music We are excited to continue on in our series of Sacred Buddhist Dance of Nepal courses with Prajwal Vajracharya! In our next course, beginning beginning June 5th, Prajwal will teach the complete dance of Vajrayogini, the blissful and powerful red dakini. ... Charya Nritya dance is a unique Newari Buddhist tradition that teaches us how to use the physical body to awaken the mind through the unification of movement, visualization, and awareness. Sacred Buddhist Dance of Nepal: Vajrayogini Two month weekly online course Saturdays June 5th - July 31st 10 - 11:30am Los Angeles time zone. Learn more and register: learn.yangchenma.org If you missed our recent three month course, Sacred Buddhist Dance of Nepal: Foundations, you can now purchase the course as recorded self-paced class. In this course Prajwal teaches the foundational movements and exercises to train the body and wake up the subtle channels, as well as the complete dances of Refuge, 16 Offering Goddesses, Avalokiteshvara, and Green Tara. This course lays the groundwork for all future deity dances. Prajwal is a 35th generation Tantric Buddhist priest from Nepal and a ritual master both of the Charya Nritya dance tradition and other ritual forms performed by the Newar Vajracharya lineage. Prajwal began his training in Charya Nritya from the age of eight, receiving formal instruction from his father, the Buddhist scholar and ritual master Ratna Kaji Vajracharya. Prajwal Vajracharya is now the premier teacher, practitioner, and performer of the tradition. He founded Dance Mandal: Foundation for Sacred Buddhist Arts of Nepal to preserve and expand this rare art form and its related traditions. With the survival of this sacred ritual dance threatened by modernization, Prajwal, at his father’s wishes, has dedicated his life to bringing this unique Buddhist heritage from the temples of Nepal to the world, while adhering to its original purpose as a profound spiritual practice. #vajrayogini #dakini #yogini #sacreddance #charyanritya #prajwalvajracharya #dancemandal #newarbuddhism #vajrayana #movement #yangchenmaartsandmusic #purelandfarms

Saga Dawa, the fourth lunar month is the most auspicious month according to the Tibetan lunar calendar it is said that during this time one’s merit is multiplied a hundred thousandfold. Today, the full moon and fifteenth day of the lunar month is called Saga Dawa Düchen and is known as Buddha Day as it commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni. Join Buddhists worldwide in exerting extra efforts in the practice of dharma and compassionate... action to accumulate great merits and purify negative karma for the benefit of all. o mune mune mahmunaye svh Shakyamuni Buddha from the @rubinmuseum collection @himalayanartresources #sagadawaduchen #buddhashakyamuni

Thank you to all who have written to express concerns about the fire near Pure Land Farms in Topanga California. Our road and neighboring areas are under a mandatory evacuation order but our land and all the residents are safe. Police are looking for suspected arsonist who started this Palisades fire and several others.... Thank you to all the amazing firefighters for their tireless work. We will update you if there are any changes. #palisadesfire #topanga

The first step of the seven-point cause and effect method is to cultivate the recognition of all sentient beings as having been one’s mother. To do this, it is first necessary to reflect on your beginningless lives in this cycle of existence and that through many of your lives you have had to depend on your mothers. There is not a single living being that you can definitely point to as not having been your mother in the past. Perceive all sentient beings as having been your ...own kind mothers. If you are able to understand the beginninglessness of your lives, you will be able to understand that you have taken many forms of life that require a mother. You will find that there is not a single sentient being that has not been your mother in the past. - HH Dalai Lama, Developing the Mind of Great Capacity @lionsroarbuddhism Happy Mother’s Day to all mother sentient beings! Tara, Dölma, the Mother of Liberation @himalayanartresources #mothersday #allsentientbeings #bodhichitta #compassion #lovingkindness #dalailama #buddhism #mothertara #liberation