Sectarian Discord within Islam during the Early Abbasid Period The Abbasids had succeeded in evicting the Tang Chinese forces from West Turkistan and the An Lushan rebellion in Han China had seriously weakened the Tang grip on Kashgar, Kucha, Turfan, and Beshbaliq....

The main aim of the Islamic-Buddhist dialogue, as experienced by Dr. Berzin, is educational, for each to learn more about the other’s beliefs and cultures. The prospects for increasing contact and cooperation are vast.

As an aid to those unfamiliar with the topics presented here, some background information and a few technical terms and dates have been filled in to the summaries of some of the papers. Introduction to the Bhikshuni Vows The Importance of Having Bhikshunis The monastic...

It is necessary to develop both relative and deepest bodhichitta and work with the two of them together.

Drigungtil Ogmin Jangchubling Monastery was founded in 1179 by Drigung Kyobpa Jigten Gonpo Rinchenpel, the founder of the Drigung Kagyu Tradition. The monastery has a long tradition of meditators living in caves above and around the monastery.

The principal monastery of the Drugpa Kagyu Tradition, Sang-ngag Choling, was founded in 1512 by the Third Drugchen Rinpoche. The Drugpa lineage is one of the eight minor Dagpo Kagyu traditions.

Tsurpu Monastery was founded in 1189 by the First Karmapa, Dusum Kyenpa. It is the main monastery of the Karma Kamtsang Kagyu Tradition. Tsurpu has been the traditional seat of the line of Karmapas.

In addition to taking bodhisattva and the Kalachakra root tantric vows, another commitment of the Kalachakra empowerment is to safeguard 25 modes of tamed behavior.

Kalachakra texts have molded their description of cycles of history, such as their containing a future Armageddon battle against non-Indic invaders and the dawning of a new golden age, to fit the structure of its meditation practice.

A guru-yoga practice for seeing our guru as inseparable from Kalachakra and for making requests to him for inspiration to develop the various realizations along the Kalachakra path to enlightenment.