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Long Life Offering Ceremony in Dharamsala YouTube video by Dalai Lama Archive

youtube.com/live/EwiSbYV...

Dalai Lama live now

23.02.2026 02:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, there is no known or verified photograph of the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Epstein together.
His office released an official statement on February 8, 2026, categorically denying that the Dalai Lama ever met Jeffrey Epstein or authorized any meeting or interaction with him.

22.02.2026 20:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Dalai Lama never met him, Epstein wanted him to come to dinner and asked a couple of the researchers he funded to try and facilitate it, including meeting with Matthieu Ricard, a monk. But it never happened ... Do a search yourself

22.02.2026 19:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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‘She did kill. There’s no grey area there’: Labour MP Naz Shah on the day she and her mother were arrested for murder The politician was 18 when she and her mum were hauled off to a police station for the killing of the man she’d considered an uncle. What happened next would shape her future. She talks Labour’s woes,...

‘She did kill. There’s no grey area there’: Labour MP Naz Shah on the day she and her mother were arrested for murder www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

22.02.2026 16:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So much AI #deepity slop around for Tibetan Losar ... "deepity", a term for a statement that appears to be profound but is actually vacuous or logically inconsistent upon closer inspection ..

18.02.2026 13:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This isn't something distant or far away. Super-agent & close Epstein ally, John Brockman had huge influence. His 'rockstar' writers, scientists and academics dominated our book pages & broadsheets.

We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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15.02.2026 11:18 — 👍 1151    🔁 334    💬 36    📌 15
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I'm totally pinching myself announcing this, but a film about my life journey rewilding a West Cork farm, An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, will get its first screening at the Dublin International Film Festival on Saturday the 28th of this month.

Tickets are available here:
www.diff.ie/programme/an...

04.02.2026 12:33 — 👍 649    🔁 140    💬 47    📌 13
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Chazz: Mind-bottling, isn't it?
Jimmy: Did you just say mind-bottling?
Chazz: Yeah, mind-bottling. You know, when things are so crazy it gets your thoughts all trapped, like in a bottle?

18.02.2026 08:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
From: Deepak Chopra
​To: jeffrey E. jeevacation@gmail.com
​Subject: Re:
​Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:48:43 +0000
​I don't know
​All that fans etc does not matter
​Of course Im still riding the tiger
​I don't know how to get off !
​At the conference I met a Tibetan Rinpoche who comes from the Bon tradition . I'm generally suspicious of guru types but I spent some time with him and was v taken by his authenticity . He teaches the yogas of dream and sleep states .
​I had questioned the Dalai Lama on this several times and realized he knew v little even on Tibetan Buddhism just a nice guy with a Nobel Prize and a lot of the world in awe because of his uniform ( saffron robes )
​I have longed all my life to wake up to primordial existence having had glimpses
​I'm going to invite this guy to be in residence at the center and learn these esoteric practices that allow you to go beyond thought I do that daily myself but I could improve on them in sleep and dream states
​Deepak Chopra
​2013 Costa Del Mar Road
​Carlsbad, CA 92013
​New Book: Radicalbeauty.com

From: Deepak Chopra ​To: jeffrey E. jeevacation@gmail.com ​Subject: Re: ​Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:48:43 +0000 ​I don't know ​All that fans etc does not matter ​Of course Im still riding the tiger ​I don't know how to get off ! ​At the conference I met a Tibetan Rinpoche who comes from the Bon tradition . I'm generally suspicious of guru types but I spent some time with him and was v taken by his authenticity . He teaches the yogas of dream and sleep states . ​I had questioned the Dalai Lama on this several times and realized he knew v little even on Tibetan Buddhism just a nice guy with a Nobel Prize and a lot of the world in awe because of his uniform ( saffron robes ) ​I have longed all my life to wake up to primordial existence having had glimpses ​I'm going to invite this guy to be in residence at the center and learn these esoteric practices that allow you to go beyond thought I do that daily myself but I could improve on them in sleep and dream states ​Deepak Chopra ​2013 Costa Del Mar Road ​Carlsbad, CA 92013 ​New Book: Radicalbeauty.com

Deepak has always been a shape shifting Charlatan and obvious phoney ... Dismissing the #DalaiLama as a mere celebrity in saffron robes reveals a profound #ego problem, not #enlightenment. Pure #toxicity masked as #wisdom. #Shame on you #DeepakChopra.

15.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
From: Deepak Chopra
​To: jeffrey E. jeevacation@gmail.com
​Subject: Re:
​Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:48:43 +0000
​I don't know
​All that fans etc does not matter
​Of course Im still riding the tiger
​I don't know how to get off !
​At the conference I met a Tibetan Rinpoche who comes from the Bon tradition . I'm generally suspicious of guru types but I spent some time with him and was v taken by his authenticity . He teaches the yogas of dream and sleep states .
​I had questioned the Dalai Lama on this several times and realized he knew v little even on Tibetan Buddhism just a nice guy with a Nobel Prize and a lot of the world in awe because of his uniform ( saffron robes )
​I have longed all my life to wake up to primordial existence having had glimpses
​I'm going to invite this guy to be in residence at the center and learn these esoteric practices that allow you to go beyond thought I do that daily myself but I could improve on them in sleep and dream states
​Deepak Chopra
​2013 Costa Del Mar Road
​Carlsbad, CA 92013
​New Book: Radicalbeauty.com

From: Deepak Chopra ​To: jeffrey E. jeevacation@gmail.com ​Subject: Re: ​Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:48:43 +0000 ​I don't know ​All that fans etc does not matter ​Of course Im still riding the tiger ​I don't know how to get off ! ​At the conference I met a Tibetan Rinpoche who comes from the Bon tradition . I'm generally suspicious of guru types but I spent some time with him and was v taken by his authenticity . He teaches the yogas of dream and sleep states . ​I had questioned the Dalai Lama on this several times and realized he knew v little even on Tibetan Buddhism just a nice guy with a Nobel Prize and a lot of the world in awe because of his uniform ( saffron robes ) ​I have longed all my life to wake up to primordial existence having had glimpses ​I'm going to invite this guy to be in residence at the center and learn these esoteric practices that allow you to go beyond thought I do that daily myself but I could improve on them in sleep and dream states ​Deepak Chopra ​2013 Costa Del Mar Road ​Carlsbad, CA 92013 ​New Book: Radicalbeauty.com

Deepak has always been a shape shifting Charlatan and obvious phoney ... Dismissing the #DalaiLama as a mere celebrity in saffron robes reveals a profound #ego problem, not #enlightenment. Pure #toxicity masked as #wisdom. #Shame on you #DeepakChopra.

15.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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One of the top Epstein emailers? Wellness grifter Deepak Chopra with 5,348.

"Quantum" creepy?

13.02.2026 00:05 — 👍 152    🔁 51    💬 10    📌 2
We should really think about these four ends of impermanence 
because they are reality. The years pass by and will never return. 
The month we stayed together in the past is gone, and now we are 
here at Nagi Gonpa. The month that passed can only disappear 
further and further. Moreover, in each short moment we become 
older and as time passes our life grows shorter. The Lord of Death 
is like the mountain shadow'coming closer and Closer. The Lord of 
Death does not linger for even an instant; he always comes closer 
while our life span diminishes, without the power to stop for even 
a second. We might not notice, but one day the Lord of Death 
catches up in the last moment of our life, and (Rinpoche snaps his 
fingers) we can do nothing about it. The time is up,. gone. 
The external world is impermanent. Yesterday and. today are 
impermanent. Right now, when we are together, is also changing 
in the three times. The times are in constant movement, we are 
spending our lives every m

We should really think about these four ends of impermanence because they are reality. The years pass by and will never return. The month we stayed together in the past is gone, and now we are here at Nagi Gonpa. The month that passed can only disappear further and further. Moreover, in each short moment we become older and as time passes our life grows shorter. The Lord of Death is like the mountain shadow'coming closer and Closer. The Lord of Death does not linger for even an instant; he always comes closer while our life span diminishes, without the power to stop for even a second. We might not notice, but one day the Lord of Death catches up in the last moment of our life, and (Rinpoche snaps his fingers) we can do nothing about it. The time is up,. gone. The external world is impermanent. Yesterday and. today are impermanent. Right now, when we are together, is also changing in the three times. The times are in constant movement, we are spending our lives every m

"The years pass by and will never return. The month we stayed together in the past is gone, and now we are here at Nagi Gonpa. The month that passed can only disappear further and further ..."
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 1920 – February 13, 1996
སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ Dzogchen master

14.02.2024 13:35 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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The Bardo State, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche When you dream at night you see all sorts of different things. Are those things seen with the eyes? You believe you have eyes in the dream, don’t you? You walk around and look all over, yet in reali...

Tibetan Buddhism: Please understand that all your experience is your personal experi­ence rather than somebody else’s
The bardo state, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
t.co/8WQFPsUd43

03.01.2024 16:49 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Buddhist Quote for Today: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

See more: buddhistdoor.net

#buddhistquotes #dharma #vajrayana #tibetanbuddhism #buddhism #tibet #nepal #boudha #mindfulness #meditation #compassion #peace #buddhistpractice

24.04.2024 04:21 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Erik Pema Kunsang: Timeless Teachings with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#195) - The Wisdom Experience In this second episode of our celebratory Blazing Splendor Wisdom Podcast Series host Daniel Aitken is joined by Erik Pema Kunsang. Enjoy hearing Erik share profound experiences with Tulku Urgyen Rinp...

Erik Pema Kunsang on Tulku Urgyen: "He wouldn't recommend one particular way of living [for his students]. . . . For some people retreat is better . . . for some, living in a monastic setting . . . for some, married life with busyness is better."
wisdomexperience.org/wisdom-podca...

13.12.2024 14:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Here are the six sets of view and meditation with the confidence that comes with wisdom:

A view that possesses the confidence of the natural state is like a vulture soaring through the skies.

A meditation training that possesses skillful means and vital points is like a strong glue to which flies stick.

To possess remedies acquired from experience is like a skilled doctor diagnosing the disease.

Experience that possesses the signs of progress is like a young maiden tasting pleasure.

Conduct that possesses stability is like using a spur on a strong, fast horse.

A fruition that is free of hope and fear is like a traveler return-ing home.

First, the view is like the simile of the vulture that must use its wings to climb until it has reached the vast expanse of sky but upon reaching the open sky may soar without effort or anything to gain. Similarly, in this case, you should establish certainty in the view by means of three things the Conqueror's words, your own intelligence, and a sublime master's instructions until you have realized the natural state. Then you can repose in the realization of the ultimate view of the natural state and be beyond effort and gain in body, speech, and mind.

Here are the six sets of view and meditation with the confidence that comes with wisdom: A view that possesses the confidence of the natural state is like a vulture soaring through the skies. A meditation training that possesses skillful means and vital points is like a strong glue to which flies stick. To possess remedies acquired from experience is like a skilled doctor diagnosing the disease. Experience that possesses the signs of progress is like a young maiden tasting pleasure. Conduct that possesses stability is like using a spur on a strong, fast horse. A fruition that is free of hope and fear is like a traveler return-ing home. First, the view is like the simile of the vulture that must use its wings to climb until it has reached the vast expanse of sky but upon reaching the open sky may soar without effort or anything to gain. Similarly, in this case, you should establish certainty in the view by means of three things the Conqueror's words, your own intelligence, and a sublime master's instructions until you have realized the natural state. Then you can repose in the realization of the ultimate view of the natural state and be beyond effort and gain in body, speech, and mind.

A view that possesses the confidence of the natural state is like a vulture soaring through the skies.

Tulku Urgyen

15.11.2025 19:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920 – February 13, 1996)
(Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: sprul-sku o-rgyan rin-po-che) was a Buddhist master of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages who lived at Nagi Gompa hermitage in Nepal. Rinpoche was considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of his time.

13.02.2026 09:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920[1] – February 13, 1996 (Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: sprul-sku o-rgyan rin-po-che) (Nepali: टुल्कु उर्ग्येन् रिन्पोचे) was a Buddhist master of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages[1] who lived at Nagi Gompa hermitage in Nepal. Urgyen Rinpoche was considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of his time.
Born in Nangchen, Kham in Eastern Tibet[3] in 1920,[1] he was recognized by Khakyab Dorje, 15th Karmapa Lama as the reincarnation of both the Chowang Tulku and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe,[1] one of the 25 principal students of Padmasambhava.

Urgyen's father was Tsangsar Chimey Dorje, a vajrayana instructor who began giving Urgyen transmission for the Kangyur, the Buddha, and "The New Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa."[3] As he grew older, he studied Dzogchen with Samten Gyatso.

He had four sons, each of whom is now an important Buddhist teacher in his own right (Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche); 

Urgyen spent 33 years at Nagi Gompa Hermitage, where he spent two decades in retreat, and eventually established six monasteries and retreat centers in Nepal. Boudhanath (Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling monastery). Another is the Tergar Osel Ling Monastery

Urgyen Rinpoche died on the morning of February 13, 1996.

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920[1] – February 13, 1996 (Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: sprul-sku o-rgyan rin-po-che) (Nepali: टुल्कु उर्ग्येन् रिन्पोचे) was a Buddhist master of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages[1] who lived at Nagi Gompa hermitage in Nepal. Urgyen Rinpoche was considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of his time. Born in Nangchen, Kham in Eastern Tibet[3] in 1920,[1] he was recognized by Khakyab Dorje, 15th Karmapa Lama as the reincarnation of both the Chowang Tulku and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe,[1] one of the 25 principal students of Padmasambhava. Urgyen's father was Tsangsar Chimey Dorje, a vajrayana instructor who began giving Urgyen transmission for the Kangyur, the Buddha, and "The New Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa."[3] As he grew older, he studied Dzogchen with Samten Gyatso. He had four sons, each of whom is now an important Buddhist teacher in his own right (Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche); Urgyen spent 33 years at Nagi Gompa Hermitage, where he spent two decades in retreat, and eventually established six monasteries and retreat centers in Nepal. Boudhanath (Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling monastery). Another is the Tergar Osel Ling Monastery Urgyen Rinpoche died on the morning of February 13, 1996.

Tulku Urgyen (1920 - February 13, 1996)
The way to practice is not to sometimes push to recognize mind essence and then give up. It is a matter of being deeply relaxed from within, and continuing in unfabricated naturalness.
The natural state is effortless mindfulness.

13.02.2026 09:02 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche giving Pointing Out instructions

"To stop thinking, you need to recognize your essence. It’s like seeing the sun in the sky just once—forever after, you know what the sun looks like ... " 🔆

🙏🏻

#rinpoche #dzogchen #dharma #buddhism #tibetan #mahamudra
#nyingma #tibet

06.02.2025 15:56 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

From a shill for CCP propaganda ...

11.02.2026 22:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Chinese government #CCP propaganda, Capital punishment and judicial mutilation were officially declared illegal in 1913 by the 13th Dalai Lama. There is no independent historical evidence of "skinning" being a "documented" punishment for minor infractions in pre-modern Tibet.

11.02.2026 18:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

#IVIG #SCIG #CVID #primaryimmunodeficiency #myastheniagravis #myositis #Dermatomyositis #CIDP #polymyositis #guillainbarresyndrome #secondaryimmunodeficiency #stiffpersonsyndrome #immunodeficiency #chronicillness #Igtherapy

10.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Graphic promoting the IgNS Patient Experience Survey, featuring the Immunoglobulin National Society logo, a person holding a pen while using a laptop, checklist icons overlaid on the screen, and text reading “IgNS Patient Experience Survey” and “Share Your Experience. Make an Impact.”

Graphic promoting the IgNS Patient Experience Survey, featuring the Immunoglobulin National Society logo, a person holding a pen while using a laptop, checklist icons overlaid on the screen, and text reading “IgNS Patient Experience Survey” and “Share Your Experience. Make an Impact.”

IgNS invites patients using Ig therapy to participate in a confidential, anonymous survey that helps inform patient education and support resources. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. bit.ly/4cgwl1i Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective!

10.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories #GeorgeMonbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Brown, “Conventions about commercial confidentiality ..." #PFI

11.02.2026 11:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

London Met police saw a drag queen / drugs / #LGBT ‘Lifestyle’ Death & effectively said 'case closed'. It took nearly two years to release vital CCTV footage while Heklina’s loved ones begged for answers. This is what institutional #homophobia looks like in practice. #JusticeForHeklina #Heklina

08.02.2026 16:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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‘She was a bitch in the best possible way’: the life and mysterious death of drag queen Heklina The performer was found dead in ‘unexpected’ circumstances in her London flat in 2023. Why are her loved ones still waiting for an explanation?

‘She was a bitch in the best possible way’: the life and mysterious death of #drag queen Heklina www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... the club name Trannyshack had become controversial culture evolves, words change their meaning. As a result, she changed the name of her regular show to Mother.

08.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Florence + The Machine - Free at Audacy Live
YouTube video by Florence Welch - Brazil Florence + The Machine - Free at Audacy Live

youtu.be/WhgH1fQ_D_o?...

Off you go ... 🕺🏼

08.02.2026 14:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very True and 🕺🏼Dancing too lol

07.02.2026 12:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Am I looking at Poison hemlock (Conium mac- ulatum), showing upper portion of plant with flowers at #Florence & the Machine ??

06.02.2026 20:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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China Buddhist Association: A Trojan Horse of Chinese Propaganda Naïve Buddhists in democratic countries believe they are conducting genuine inter-Buddhist dialogue with a group that exists to advance CCP interests.

China Buddhist Association: A Trojan Horse of Chinese Propaganda bitterwinter.org/china-buddhi...

#China #Buddhist

Naïve Buddhists in democratic countries believe they are conducting genuine inter-Buddhist dialogue with a group that exists to advance #CCP interests.

05.02.2026 18:54 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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