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Karma Dönyö

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About Me

I am a Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner of the Karma Kagyu lineage.

Practicing at the Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre and Monastery in Eskdalemuir, Scotland, as well as the Samye Dzong Centre in London, and the Green Tara Group at the Bodhi Garden in Brighton

I took refuge with Lama Yeshi Losal Rinpoche at the Samye Ling Monastery on 4 April 2007

Lama Yeshi Losal Rinpoche on Joyful Living

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

H.H. the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, Venerable 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche, Venerable Akong Tulku Rinpoche

This is the flag of the Karmapa, called the Dream Flag, as it's design came to HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in a dream.

THe 17th Gyalwa Karamapa speaks on obtaining a oneness of humanity

My Blog

Why become a Buddhist? My motivation and intent

--- In [email protected], "tungsten_gumdrop" [email protected] > wrote:   If someone wanted to know "why are you a Buddhist?" what would you tell them?  -TG I'm a successful Soft...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:25:00 GMT

Is Pride Wrong?

One of the things that struck me most, after I took refuge in April of 2007,  is that in the  Buddhism, pride is considered to be one of the 5 'mind poison's (dug nga). Y...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:06:00 GMT

Buddism vs. the Real World

Recently, the person who exposed me to Buddhism, who brought me to the Samye Ling Monastery in Eskdalemuir Scotland, and by whose example I experienced the Buddha nature, said something remarkable to ...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:04:00 GMT

Challenging obsessive behaviours and addictive tendencies

Today, I'm battling Samsara. I find myself repeating the same mistakes, led by my selfish desires, obsessions, and compulsions. I've read a few good articles and passages which helped me so I'll ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:05:00 GMT