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Words for the Year of the SnakeFebruary 28th marked the beginning of the Female Wood Snake Year in the Tibetan calendar. Our spiritual director Dr. Hun Lye shared some words about the significance of this day in the Tibetan Buddhist context, and encouraged the following: ...Trust in each other, trust in basic goodness have eroded so much that even teachers who are supposed to inspire bodhicitta and divine pride in all of us are sowing more seeds of confusion and divisions, wedging Mount Merus into splinters, further reinforcing the delusion of “self vs other,” “us vs them.” But all of this is interdependently-arising. What has been mistakenly caused and conditioned can be dispelled! And it has to begin with each of us. There is no other place for this pivotal work to take place. We start now, today.
Thus, may virtue and merit abound at this start of the Year of the Snake, blessing you with good health, happy heart and swift awakening!
-Dr. Hun Lye Read the full post here! Freedom From FearsWe had a great turnout this past weekend for our “Freedom From Fears: Principals & Practices of Lady Tāra” retreat. Deep thanks to Dorlöp Rinpoché Dr. Lye for his teaching and ritual bestowal in this program, which resonated deeply for many of us. The photos below cover both of the two days. Saturday included teachings regarding this history and stories of Tāra, as well as teachings on gaining freedom through knowing wisdom. On Sunday the ritual empowerment of Lady Tāra was performed. Thank you to the people who came in person, and those majority who joined via Zoom—we had over 50 in person, while more than 100 people joined online. Dorlöp Rinpoché departed on Monday for India to receive further special transmissions from His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon. Rinpoché will be in Asheville again in May for Buddha Day—stay tuned! This Week at Urban Dharma |
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"What Steadies the Heart" We won't become free of attachments by "getting rid" of them—only through clear seeing will we naturally lay them aside. Watch this drop of dharma here! This Weekend: Freedom From Fears Just a reminder that there are still in-person and online tickets available for this upcoming weekend’s “Freedom From Fears: Principles & Practices of Lady Tara” retreat with Dorjé Lopön Dr. Lye. Dr. Lye invites you to a special retreat on Lady Tārā—a buddha who vowed to always appear...
"This storm is you." From our Spiritual Director Dr. Lye's Facebook Page “Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do...
"Start with you right now..." One drop of dharma from the ongoing series “The Foundational Teachings are Truly Profound” that Dr. Lye has been giving at Urban Dharma recently. For more details about that series (and to access the full recordings, available upon registration), click here. Dr. Lye's Travels Our Founder and Spiritual Director Dr. Lye is wrapping up his time teaching in Cusco, where he also serves as Spiritual Director to the Budismo Drikung Kagyu Cusco community. Over the last...