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A Moment in My Head #5

Posted on Oct 14th, 2006 by Blacksamba : the 12 Step Buddhist Blacksamba

I was at the weekly meditation class at Maitripa this week, with Yangsi Rinpoche. He's been doing a basic, guided meditation without a lot of Tibetan trappings for about a month now.  Normally, with the... More »

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A Moment in My Head #4

Posted on Jul 29th, 2006 by Blacksamba : the 12 Step Buddhist Blacksamba

I saw the movie Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy today. It was good to add some pieces to the story. Although that movie isn't a good one to get a broad understanding of Tibetan Buddhism. I... More »

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a moment in my head #3

Posted on Jul 6th, 2006 by Blacksamba : the 12 Step Buddhist Blacksamba

  On our trip to Victoria, BC, we stayed in a wonderful hostel out in the country: http://iguanaranch.com/ The people have a newborn baby, 8 weeks old, who caused me to have a profound spiritual... More »

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a moment in my head #2

Posted on Jul 3rd, 2006 by Blacksamba : the 12 Step Buddhist Blacksamba

I was on the ferry from Port Angeles to Vancouver Island this afternoon and was very uncomfortable. I don't like water in general, and if you read my post of the Wind River incident from... More »

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a moment in my head

Posted on Jul 1st, 2006 by Blacksamba : the 12 Step Buddhist Blacksamba

ok, close your eyes, rub the outsides of your eyelids and keeping your eyes closed, point your face towards a bright lamp. the patterns of light and color may be pretty for you. they may... More »

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