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Recalling a Buddha

The Life and Death of an Awakened Being

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My Interests

Art, social entrepreneurship, alternative energies, Filmmaking and storytelling in general, chili fries

I'd like to meet:

Filmmakers, artists of all stripes, people interested in having an impact on the world, those who dream big and act decisively

Music:

Mahler, Social D, Ice-T, Mighty Zepp, Miles, Duke Ellington, Peter Gabriel

Movies:

Into the Wild (quality, quality, quality), Commanding Heights, Ray, The Year of Living Dangerously, Minority Report, Hearts of Darkness, Sullivan's Travels, The Battle of Algiers, An Inconvenient Truth, The Aviator, Finding Neverland (Johnny Depp pix in general because he's got awesome taste not b/c he's a cutie pie, as I'm told... Blow, Fear and Loathing), Little Miss Sunshine, Nixon, World Trade Center, Raising Arizona

Television:

24, Charlie Rose, Sopranos, All Star BBQ Showdown, Meet the Press, Shootout

Books:

Ngondro by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
A Joseph Campbell Companion (ed. Diane Osbon)
The Watchmen by Alan Moore
Truman by David McCullough
The Razor's Edge
See No Evil by Robert Baer
Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield
Awake Mind Open Heart by Cynthia Kneen
The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield

Heroes:

Lance Armstrong, Pete Townshend, Lawrence of Arabia, warriors with honor/dignity

My Blog

On the short list to see

I'm reading Sidney Lumet's book "Making Movies," which has been really educational. After reading the following, I figured out which movies I plan on renting this week:It's not hard to see the style i...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:10:00 PST

Francis Bacon quote

I was in a bookstore in Hollywood today (Booksoup on Sunset just down from the Viper Room) and they had these neat little booklets from Penguin Books' Great idea series.I saw the following quote on th...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:03:00 PST

The Fifth Noble Truth

My unofficial production assistant in all this running around was Lama Murphy of "If something can go wrong" fame. All I can say is thanks the benevolent Rinpoches and to Steve Jobs and the Final Cut ...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:20:00 PST

Anila

I'd wanted to meet Ani Tenzin Palmo for a long time. I heard recordings of talks that she gave at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center in 1996 and they completely lit me up. She had this undiluted clarity of si...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:49:00 PST

Rumtek

In the story of Gyalwa Karmapa, Rumtek figures prominently. His monastery comes up in all conversations. Much more than a location, Rumtek is really a secondary character. Having images of Rumtek was ...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:57:00 PST

Abbot

If you're familiar with senior Tibetan lamas of the Kagyu lineage, most names that will first come to mind will be of teachers who were at Rumtek Monastery with His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa. The...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:41:00 PST

Yoda Rinpoche

As the former Vajra Master of Rumtek, connecting with Tenga Rinpoche was a high priority.  Unfortunately, the first time I went to Nepal, Rinpoche's brother-in-law had just died. I went to his monaste...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:42:00 PST

Tendrel

I first approached a meditation center with great reluctance. Ten years ago, I felt shy and kind of embarrassed about my interest in meditation, particularly being in proximity to chanting which I tho...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:20:00 PST

Remarkable People

As with practice itself, getting on the radar of teachers is easy but it's not. In other words, most relevant contact information is in the public domain: after all, I'm just some guy from the 'burbs...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:29:00 PST

Pema Chodron teaching schedule posted

Pema will be teaching some incredible programs this summer on the topic of "Living Peace". She will be co-teaching these programs with Richard Reoch, the president of Shambhala, who was previously a s...
Posted by Recalling a Buddha on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:11:00 PST