Should we read our texts in Tibetan? In English? Using phonetics? Does it make any sense to read phonetics without understanding the Tibetan?
Questions, questions...
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Buddhist confession
Confession is a big thing in Buddhist practice. But there is no priest to forgive your sins on God's behalf. It is more nuanced than that.
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Majnu Ka Tilla
Shop like a Buddhist! Majnu Ka Tilla is the wellspring of Buddhist art for the Tibetan world.
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Horror and Disgust
Horror, violence and disgusting soup in Tibetan-style Buddhism. Why don't they get as much attention as sex? Why is it obvious that these things are not for performance "as written", but some people assume that the sexual aspects are? Something to think about!
#Buddhism #Tibet #Vajrayana #Horror
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OM AH HUM - in detail!
If you do Vajrayana, you will say these syllables again and again. And again. What do they look like? What do they mean? Why does it matter?
About The Double Dorje: Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Series One of the Double Dorje podcast finished in the spring of 2025. Season 2 is now starting. A FORTNIGHTLY release schedule is planned.
Topics will be treated in more ”granular” detail than in Season 1. THE SAME AUDIO will be released with added images on YouTube.
Tips. Travellers’ tales. Perspective. Gossip. Experience. Stories. Wonder.
Putting a bit of flesh on the bones of Vajrayana (Tibetan style) Buddhist practice in today’s society.
Are you curious about Tibetan Buddhism? But how, and where, and when, and all that? Is the water safe? Or have you taken the plunge, but want to plug into it better? Come - let’s enjoy a bowl of dharma momos in the Double Dorje. Chilli with yours?
Special emphasis on Nyingma, Kagyu and on non-monastic practice.
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