The Power of Stupas and Statues By Erik Pema Kunzang Many masters, including Tulku Urgyen and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, show that they have a deep understanding of how everything unfolds…

Om Yedharma by Lila Kate Wheeler I love the Om Yedharma mantra because, among other things, the first record of its being spoken in the Suttas enshrines an enlightening transmission…

Asian Med (Lieden). Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 December 13. Published in final edited form as: Asian Med (Lieden). 2015 ; 10(1-2): 36–89. doi:10.1163/15734218-12341350. The Administration of Tibetan Precious…

Dependent Arising by Josh Lazaroff   As we were about to conclude our time studying Thai massage in Chang Mai, Thailand, our teacher, Pichet Boonthume, told us that we had…

Looking for In-terdependence on the Outside By Kimberly Carmitchel   I am a seeker; I came that way – painfully wondering and wandering in search of oneness. From childhood I…

THE “YE DHARMA” MANTRA By Dr. Todd Gibson, PhD   Om yedharma hetu prabhava hetu tesham tathagato hyavadat teshem ca yonirodha evam vadi mahasramana svaha. “Of those things which arise…

INTERDEPENDENCE: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE By Jampa Mackenzie Stewart My first experience of interdependence was not in a Buddhist temple, nor at the feet of a Lama or Zen master, nor…

A View of Dependent Arising by Stephen K. Hayes StephenKHayes.com Dependent arising is often presented as a series of twelve links (nidāna) of causes and effects. It begins with ignorance…