Heart Sutra

Here is a teaching on Heart Sutra, or more correctly a web page about the Sutra and the key concepts it contains. Not that concepts are necessary for an understanding of Buddha's teachings. This Sutra provides the frame work for non-conceptual awareness.

Parallel Tibetan and English translation
with recorded sound clips in Tibetan

Introduction to theHeart (of the Prajna-Paramita) Sutra

The Heart Sutra

Heart Sutra

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Indian Music Site

Links to Lessons, instruments for sale and other useful knowledge.

Tibetan Teachings Links

Tibetan
Teachings Links

Check out
these great courses on audio and text that you can download for
listening and study.

http://diamondmtn.org/downloads/

Make
sure
you look for the downloadable audio courses and text
materials.
These materials when studied and taken in
its entirety is equivalent to
a geshe degree. These
are really excellent materials.

Asian
Classics Institute

International Kalachakra
Network
Chock full of information and teachings on
the Kalachakra Initiation and Empowerment.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

Public Talk: World Peace Through Inner Peace & 2-Day Teaching: *Instructions on the Garland of Views

Click
on image for source. Namo Amitabha Buddha.

We also have some transcripts
of teachings.

MP3 Audio Teachings
Title	Play Time Min.	File size MB		Title	Play Time Min.	File size MB
Lama Thubten Yeshe				Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Questions and Answers - October Gallery 1982	53	6.3		Four Immeasurable Thoughts Meditation	67	7.9
The Six Paramitas (perfections)	47	5.5		Emptiness	74	8.7
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche				Geshe Namgyal Wangchen
Death and Dying-1	85	10		Thought Transformation-1 (Wheel of Sharp Weapons)	99	11.7
Death and Dying-2	78	9.2		Thought Transformation-2	64	7.5
				Thought Transformation-3	92	10.9
Geshe Sopa Rinpoche				Thought Transformation-4	76	8.9
35 Confessional Buddhas-1	86	10
35 Confessional Buddhas-2				Denma Locho Rinpoche
				Peace and Humanity	61	7.1
Rizong Rinpoche
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation-1	82	9.6		Gareth Sparham
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation-2	76	9.5		Buddhist Morality-1	79	9.2
				Buddhist Morality-2	74	8.7
Robina Courtin				Buddhist Morality-3	69	8.1
The Lies Our Mind Tells Us-1	59	6.9
The Lies Our Mind Tells Us-2	60	7		Steve Carlier
The Lies Our Mind Tells Us-3	43	5.1		Transforming the Mind-1	94	11
The Lies Our Mind Tells Us-4	76	8.9		Transforming the Mind-2	58	6.7
The Lies Our Mind Tells Us-5	35	4.1		Transforming the Mind-3	91	10.7
The Lies Our Mind Tells Us-6	67	7.8		Transforming the Mind-4	62	7.3
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Introduction to Buddhism 1	84	9.9		Developing a Daily Practice 1	55	6.4
Introduction to Buddhism 2	40	4.7		Developing a Daily Practice 2	64	7.5
Introduction to Buddhism 3	65	7.6		Developing a Daily Practice 3	64	7.6
Introduction to Buddhism 4	65	7.6		Developing a Daily Practice 4	70	8.2
Introduction to Buddhism 5	74	8.7
Introduction to Buddhism 6	81	9.6		Dealing with Anger 1	71	8.3
Introduction to Buddhism 7	83	9.7		Dealing with Anger 2	61	7.2
Introduction to Buddhism 8	69	8		Dealing with Anger 3	68	8
Introduction to Buddhism 9	67	7.8		Dealing with Anger 4	66	7.7
				Dealing with Anger 5	65	7.6
Spiritual Path with Heart 1	70	8.2
Spiritual Path with Heart 2	72	8.4		Shamatha Meditation 1	67	7.9
Spiritual Path with Heart 3	73	8.6		Shamatha Meditation 2	50	5.9
Spiritual Path with Heart 4	71	8.3		Shamatha Meditation 3	68	8
Spiritual Path with Heart 5	77	9.1		Shamatha Meditation 4	65	7.6
Spiritual Path with Heart 6	64	7.8		Shamatha Meditation 5	70	8.2
				Shamatha Meditation 6	61	7.2

I seek refuge in the Buddha , I seek refuge in the Dharma , I seek refuge in the Sangha May these merits and virtues be spread universally to everything, so that we and other living beings all together will attain the Buddha Way

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Mercury Transit

Mercury passes by sun on Wednesday

The picture shows Mercury's passage in front of the sun to be seen in U.S. by EST.(Spance.com Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    WASHINGTON,
Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- On Wednesday, Nov. 8, the planet Mercury will pass directly
in front the sun. The transit begins at 2:12 p.m. EST (19:12 GMT) and lasts for
almost five hours, according to NASA's forecast.

    Good views can be had from the Americas, Hawaii,
Australia and all along the Pacific Rim. During the transit, Mercury's tiny
disk-- jet black and perfectly round -- will glide slowly across the face of the
sun. Only a speck of the sun's surface is actually covered, so the sun remains
as dangerous as ever to look at. But with a proper filter and a little
imagination, the transit of Mercury can be a marvelous experience.

    There are many ways to safely observe the sun, e.g.,
through eclipse glasses or by means of a pinhole projector. In this case,
nothing beats a telescope equipped with a sun-safe H-alpha filter. H-alpha
filters are narrowly tuned to the red glow of solar hydrogen.

    Mercury is fantastically mysterious. More than half
of the planet is unknown to us. When Mariner 10 flew by in the mid-70s, it
managed to photograph only 45 percent of Mercury's cratered surface. What lies
on the other side? More craters? Or something totally unexpected? We're free to
speculate, because the next spacecraft to visit Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER probe,
won't enter orbit until 2011.

    One of Mercury's greatest secrets is the
mystery-material at its poles. Radars on Earth have pinged Mercury and received
a strong echo from polar craters. A favorite explanation is ice. While Mercury's
daylight surface heats up to 400 degrees Celsius, the temperature in deep, dark
polar craters dips below -200 degrees Celsius. If an icy comet landed in one of
those craters (or made one of those craters), the comet's ices, vaporized by
impact, might re-freeze and stick around. As skeptics like to say,however, "it's
just a theory," one of many that MESSENGER will check.

    Another puzzle is Mercury's wrinkles. Geologists call
them "lobate scarps." Like wrinkles on a raisin, the scarps are thought to be a
sign of shrinkage. Mercury may actually be collapsing in on itself as its
massive iron core cools and contracts. To check this idea, MESSENGER will map
Mercury's magnetic field, which springs from the core. If the core is
collapsing, the collapse may leave telltale signs in the planet's magnetism.
MESSENGER will also look for lobate scarps on the uncharted side of Mercury to
see if this is truly a global phenomenon.

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