by swatiyoga | Jun 1, 2016 | Tibetan Buddhism, Uncategorized
I’ve been interested in lucid dreaming since I had three such dreams myself. It’s like waking up in the dream — I suddenly found I was able to do what I wanted. At first I just wanted to experiment with sensual pleasure, I’m ashamed to admit, but by...
by swatiyoga | Jul 13, 2013 | Divination, Tibetan Buddhism
One of the most common ways of divination in Tibetan is with dice. If you have an important decision to make, you go and see a lama and he rolls a couple of dice and advises you. A friend of mine, an ex-Tibetan monk, has used Mo. When he crossed the boarder from Tibet...
by swatiyoga | Jan 11, 2012 | Meditation, Tibetan Buddhism
I’ve been going to a Tibetan Buddhist temple on and off for about four years (in Florence and now in Bournemouth). The normal ‘drop-in’ sessions that I attend usually involve meditation, usually of the mindfulness type — i.e. focussing on the...
by swatiyoga | Jan 8, 2012 | Meditation, Tibetan Buddhism
I spent Christmas and New Year at Kagyu Samye Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery on the west coast of Scotland near Lockerbie. It was very laid-back for a monastery. No six o’clock roll calls, compulsory meditation or lights out at 10. There weren’t even...
