Thanks to all of you speaking out her death sentence has been reversed and she and her newborn daughter are said to be reunited with her family in the coming days. This will not truly be a victory until she has actually been released. We must continue to fight for her and all the women […]
A letter of support for Mrs Miriam Yehya Ibrahim
I would like to show my support for Mrs Miriam Yehya Ibrahim of Sudan. Her wrongful imprisonment and sentence to public whipping and death goes against international standards of Human rights. This is not an internal issue of one country but one that affects all of humanity. I ask that everyone including world leaders and […]
The Dancing Snake
by Julia Stenzel
Continue readingErik Curren’s Interview With Shamar Rinpoche
Q: Rinpoche, why did you choose to give the lineage transmissions to His Holiness Karmapa Thaye Dorje, but when it was time for His Holiness to receive the monastic vows you appointed Khenchen Rinpoche Trinley Paljor and a group of monks from Shar Minub Monastery in Nepal to give them instead? As I understand it, you received your monastic vows from His Holiness the […]
This is a description of why it is appropriate for Buddhist teachers to write books and involve in any social work which is deemed good for society.
From the Time of Buddha until now, the curriculum of Buddhist study has been language (including all known spoken languages such as Sanskrit etc.), art (including painting, carving sculptures etc.), logic, natural sciences, social and political ethics, medicine, mathematics, world history, philosophy, mind science and meditation. When one completes these subjects they were expected to […]
A Golden Swan in Turbulent Waters: The Life and Times of the Tenth Karmapa Choying Dorje
By Shamar Rinpoche
Continue readingAnnouncing a special event for Shamar Rinpoche’s new book
Announcing a special event for Shamar Rinpoche’s new book: A Golden Swan in Turbulent Waters: The Life and Times of the Tenth Karmapa Choying Dorje at The Rubin Museum of Art 150 W. 17th St., New York, NY 10011 Tel:212.620.5000 on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 7pm Rinpoche will make opening remarks about his book […]
Comprehensive list of Shamarpa Rinpoche’s foundations worldwide
Shanti Path Foundation, India Founder: Shamarpa Rinpoche Directors: Sherab Botia Miss Chimy Yangzon Miss Getu Dewan Miss Chanda Gurung Mr. Yogesh Chatree. Activity in India: A. This foundation is running a school for underprivilidged children in Diprugar Assam, India on behalf of the Infinite Compassion Foundation, based in Germany. B. It also takes care of […]
Interview with Shamarpa Rinpoche, the 14th reincarnation of the red-hat lama
It’s not every day that you meet a Lama, not to mention the Red-Hat Lama. Shamarpa Rinpoche was only 3½ years old when he was recognized as being the fourteenth reincarnation of one of the more prominent and unusual hierarch in the Himalayan history. To read the article, click here >>>
Interview with Shamar Rinpoche 5 July 2011 by Erik Curren, the author of Buddha’s Not Smiling.
Q. Rinpoche, you conducted a ceremony at the first World Peace Monlam Chenmo in Nepal, on November 22, 2010 in Kathmandu, bestowing the Amitabha Inititation to a large group of followers – according to the number of blessing threads distributed to attendees, 120,000 people. Adherents came mostly from distant hill areas to receive the initiation. […]