Blogs about: Practice For Others

Featured Blog

calling upon Mahakala….

Two weeks ago, I spent a sunny Saturday down on the Gowanus canal performing the general Kamstang Kagyu Mahakala sadhana.  I decided to also bring a vase full of water mixed with water blessed by the… more →

Ganachakra

on practice for others, and taking our seats in our own practice...

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 1 year ago: It has been just a little over a year since I started ganachakra.com and changchub.com, the associat … more →

Tags: Buddhist Practice, buddhist chaplaincy, good stuff, buddhist ritual, Buddhist Prayers, buddhist prayer service, kagyu prayer service, Prayers for the Sick, H.E. Gyaltsab Rinpoche

calling upon Mahakala.... — 3 comments

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 1 year ago: Two weeks ago, I spent a sunny Saturday down on the Gowanus canal performing the general Kamstang Ka … more →

Tags: Buddhist Ritual, anger, Bokar Ngedhon Chokhorling, Bokar Rinpoché, Buddhist protectors, Chakdrupa, "Karma Pakshi", Mahakala, palden lhamo

Mother Sentient beings — 1 comment

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: When my first teacher, and spiritual mother,  Ani Dechen Zangmo, taught the text for the prostration … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhism, Ani Dechen Zangmo, karma, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Practice, buddhist chaplaincy, good stuff, Vajrayana

Chod, internal wastelands and the Gowanus Canal — 5 comments

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: At the end of my post on performing Chod at Greenwood Cemetery (which you can read here), I wondered … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhism, contemplative care, chod, Buddhist Pilgrimage, Gowanus Canal, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayers, Chod

ordinary everyday teachers — 1 comment

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: The other day I posted about the importance of the spiritual teacher in a general kind of way.  The … more →

Tags: Bokar Rinpoché, Buddhism, Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Practice, contemplative care, Mahamudra, lama as appearance, vajrayana chaplaincy

on the importance of the teacher

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: I recently spent time considering the importance of my teachers and how fortunate I feel to have rec … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhism, 17th Karmapa, Buddhist Practice, Buddhist Prayers, Karmapa, Gampopa, Karmapa News

Kalu Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche, Father and Son, protectors of the Kagyu Monlam.

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: It has always felt  to me that if Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche was the essence of Milarepa, then Kaybje Boka … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Mahamudra, Bokar Rinpoché, Milarepa, kagyu monlam, Buddhist Pilgrimage, Buddhist Practice, Lineage Masters

On the importance of Prayer — 1 comment

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: A friend and classmate in my chaplaincy training program recently alerted our class to a newly condu … more →

Tags: Bokar Rinpoché, Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Practice, Buddhist Ritual, contemplative care, Dr. Herbert Benson, good stuff, buddhist chaplaincy

His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche on Placing the Mind at the time of Death — 1 comment

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: Greetings!  In keeping with the last post, I would like to continue along in a manner that accords w … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Practice, His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Lineage Masters, good stuff, buddhist chaplaincy, buddhist prayer service, Buddhist Prayers

Khenpo Lodro Donyo Rinpoche on Practice for Others — 2 comments

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: I recently arrived home from a wonderful and highly recharging six-week period in India.  While ther … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Khenpo Lodro Donyo Rinpoche, Lineage Masters, Mahamudra, buddhist chaplaincy, buddhist pastoral care, buddhist prayer service

Patrul Rinpoche on the uncertainty of death… — 1 comment

Repa Dorje Odzer wrote 2 years ago: Patrul Rinpoche (1808-1887) was a great Tibetan meditation master of the Nyingma Lineage.  While pre … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Buddhism, Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Prayer and Ritu, Buddhist Chaplaincy


Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS