Dalai Lama live over the holidays (webcast)

Mara Schaeffer, Wisdom Quarterly

Here's hoping everyone's holidays are fun. For me this series of talks by the Dalai Lama is the best thing going. Enjoy the winter solstice, the Mayan New Age and, of course, "The Big Day" in India, a celebration of all religions.

• Webcasts: Shantideva's "Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life"

Great seasonal/perennial teachings from the Dalai Lama with two sessions over four days to live stream or download (video/audio) later, Dec. 24-27:

• 8:00-10:00 pm PST and 11:30 pm-1:30 am PST 
• (9:30-11:30 am and 1:00-3:00 pm IST)

New Delhi carolers (Julie McCarthy/NPR.org)

This is really interesting for many who enjoyed the broadcasts of Pema Chödrön discussing Shantideva's "Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life" and/or her book: Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions. (DalaiLama.com/webcasts)

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Dalai Lama: live online (webcast)

Mara Schaeffer, Wisdom Quarterly

Live webcasts: 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries

  

Kalmyk president with the Dalai Lama

Want to attend live Dharma talks in India with the 14th Dalai Lama? Here's how without flying to Dharamsala, his home in exile. Catch his talks evenings at: dalailama.com/live-english

Recently while listening to the end of the first session, I found myself surprised by his refreshing honesty and practicality. He was very specific about the details of practice: "Do this. Don't do that."

He spoke more profoundly than he usually does for his public talks while addressing both monastics and lay people. These talks are topic-centered, with quotes, citing specific page numbers, and covering a number of texts.

Many of the texts being commented on are available free online: jangchuplamrim.org/jangchup-lamrim/text-translations/text-translations-english

Teachings in Mundgod, India: Days 8-9 of 14, Dec. 7-8, 2012 (View)

 
Live webcasts of teachings on the 18 Great Stages of the Path Commentaries in Tibetan with simultaneous translations into English, Chinese, Russian, and Mongolian available. View

• Nov. 30-Dec. 13, 2012
• Morning Session: 7:30 am-9:30 am PST 
• Afternoon Session: 11:30 am-1:30 pm PST

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Protecting Dalai Lama from chemicals, poisons

IndianExpress.com; Wisdom Quarterly

People mistake poison chemtrails for rare rainbows or "Buddha lights" (zhaxihuoma.net)

  

14th Dali Lama (AFP)

The Dalai Lama -- who has made Dharamsala, India, his home ever since he fled China decades ago -- is possibly the most protected VIP in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Now a new perceived threat has taken his security to levels never before seen. These measures have been ramped up in the weeks since the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner [who recently met fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time] went public with a claim that Chinese agents may be plotting to poison him. Among the most significant of these new steps is the screening of the Dalai Lama’s food and medicines, while there is also a proposal to use chemical detectors on visitors. More

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