Websites on Buddhism (an ever-fresh legacy page)

-= A temporary note of lasting appreciation =-

To my web friends:

This old page, begun in 1995, in its day was quite popular and busy ... back when the web was young, shortly after the earth's crust had cooled you understand.

A year or two ago I moved it here with archiving in mind.
Today, writing to Jim Kukula, creator of "Toward a Buddhist Philosophy of Science", I discovered that it is #1 in the google results for "web buddhism"!

Please know that I shall update and tend to it, as you have nurtured it.

with love
Karma Chöpal

Tashi Delek!
03NOV07

The Magic life of Milarepa

Koan, anyone?

Heart-Essence of the Great Masters
(in 10 minutes or less?!!)

Dharma Texts

Where's the Dalai Lama now? - press releases of the Dalai Lama
Nitartha International; Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Mind [gorgeously redesigned site]
- Background of Key Tibetan Educational Systems
- Preserving Endangered Wisdom of Tibetan Arts and Sciences
Nalandabodhi
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
Primary Site; The North American seat of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa
- Contemporary Teachers
- ''learn about Tibetan Buddhism''
- practice centers around the world
- other Kagyu resources
Second Site
- KTD Teachings
- KTD Dharma Teachers
- [My teacher, Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche]
- His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyan Drodul Trinley Dorje
  - Karmapa with Dz. Pönlop, Rinpoche
- HH Karmapa XVI - Ranjung Rigpe Dorje
- History of the Karma Kagyu and The Lineage of the Karmapas
International listing of centers
- KTD associated
- Kagyu Centers
Thrangu Rinpoche's Home Page
Tsurphu Foundation - Representing His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyan Drodul Trinley Dorje, The Tsurphu Foundation is a non-profit tax-exempt organization incorporated in the U.S. to raise awareness and funds for the monasteries and activities of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, particularly in Tibet, where the 17th Karmapa presently resides at his monastery of Tsurphu.
- Buddhist Links
XIIth Trungpa - Friends of Surmang: "Our mission is to avert the dire poverty and resulting health crises of rural Tibet, bringing Tibetan people back from the edge of cultural and economic dispossession, enabling the right to life. Our focus in accomplishing these goals is improving mother and child health, providing community wide quality primary care and health education, built around indigenous philosophies, aspirations, social networks and economic realities." Contact information: info@surmang.org
Friends of Surmang publishes, without charge, and on a sporadic basis, an electronic newsletter 'Parasol.' To subscribe, address your request to parasol@io.com including your full name in the body of the message.
Jamgon Kongtrul Labrang is pleased to announce the opening of its website on behalf of H.E. Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche the Fourth.
Tenzin Dorjee, General Secretary to H.E. Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
email: Pullahari@jamgonkongtrul.org
Jamgon Kongtrul Labrang
P.O. Box 6956, Kathmandu
Nepal.
Kagyu Samye Ling - Founded in 1967 by two refugee Tibetan abbots - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dr Akong Tulku Rinpoche - it was the very first Tibetan Centre in the West, taking its name from Samye ("the inconceivable place"), the very first Buddhist centre of Tibet, established in the 8th century. During the past 30 years, Samye Ling has developed into a key focus for a number of important activities.
Kagyu E Vam Buddhist Institute - The Venerable Traleg Kyabgon, Ripoche is the President and Spiritual Director of Kagyu E-Vam Buddhist Institute (KEBI). Born in 1955 in eastern Tibet, Traleg Rinpoche was recognised by His Holiness the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu lineage, as the ninth incarnation of the Traleg lineage, which can be traced back to the time of Saltong Shogam, a contemporary of the first Karmapa. Traleg Rinpoche came to Australia in 1980 and established KEBI in 1982. He regularly conducts courses and retreats in the practice and theory of Buddhism for the Institute.
Kagyu Droden Kunchab
Karma Choeling - This Buddhist centre is a study and retreat facility, located north of Auckland, New Zealand. It was accepted by H.H. XV1 Gyalwa Karmapa as his New Zealand headquarters, and he appointed the Ven. Lama Samten and Lama Karma Shedrup as his resident representatives.
- Buddhism
Chang Chub Ling/Bodhisattva Institute - Dak Shang Kagyu - The Bodhisattva Insitute was founded by Karma Tenpa Gyeltsen, a student of His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche, as a center for daily practice.
Maui Dharma Center - (Karma Rimay O Sal Ling) - The Great Accomplished One, the Lord of Refuge, Kyab-je Kalu Rinpoche, who established many meditation centers around the world founded this center in 1974. He gave it the name Karma Rimay O Sal Ling which means "Non-Sectarian Place of Clear Light Activity." In 1982 he sent the Venerable Lama Tenzin as the center's resident Lama.
His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and the Palyul Lineage of Nyingmapa
Rigpa is an international network of meditation centers and groups under the guidance of Sogyal Rinpoche and HE Dzogchen Rinpoche.
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde
Sakya Resource Guide | History of Sakya
- Sakya Phuntsok Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies and Meditation
- Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling
- Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling
- Sakya Monastery; Lhakang Chenmo (The Mother Monastery in Tibet for all traditions of Sakya)
unofficial Drikung Kagyu Homepage - Created mainly for the purpose of serving as an information center for Buddhism in general and the Drikung Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist tradition in particular, this homepage is presently *not* officially connected with any particular Center or Organization although it focusses on the teachings and activities of Ven. Khenpo Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche.
- Amitayus Empowerment with Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche
Chagdud Gonpa Foundation was established in 1983 by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche to preserve Nyingma teachings and to provide instruction in the traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism, especially the arts, philosophy, and meditation practices. We sponsor many events and retreats throughout the year. The foundation's headquarters are in Rigdzin Ling, located in the beautiful Trinity Alps region of Northern California. Rigdzin Ling is also the home of Padma Publishing, the branch of Chagdud Gonpa Foundation devoted to translating sacred Tibetan texts and producing dharma related books.
Dechen Community in the UK - The Dechen Community is an organisation comprising the network of Buddhist Centres and practice groups founded throughout the United Kingdom by Karma Thinley Rinpoche, an incarnate lama recognised within both the Kagyu and Sakya traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, and his English Regent Ngakpa Jampa Thaye.
Buddhist Council of New South Wales [text-only here]; regional center for the World Fellowship of Buddhists - Due to this proliferation of Buddhist organisations, it became apparent in the mid-1980's, that an umbrella organisation, serving the needs of, particularly, the ethnic communities, needed to be formed. This umbrella organisation is the Buddhist Council of New South Wales, which became a Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in 1992.
- About the World Fellowship of Buddhists
- Buddhism Today - Australia's quarterly Buddhist journal
- News and Views | Articles on Buddhism
Dagom Tsong Khapa Dharma Center - "Our founder and spiritual director is Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche, the 12th Dagom Rinpoche. He is a high lama in the Gelugpa lineage and a kind and excellent teacher."
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition - Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984) and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, together as teacher and disciple since their exile in India, met their first Western student in 1965 and by 1971 had settled at Kopan, near Kathmandu in Nepal. Due to demand they began teaching Buddhist philosophy and meditation to increasing numbers of travellers, who in turn started groups and centers in their own countries. In 1975 Lama Yeshe named this fledgling network the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Now, more than sixty centers and other activities make up the FPMT, and it grows yearly.
- FPMT Overview Jamyang Meditation Centre [London] | Kadampa Center
  Milarepa Center | Kurukulla Center
- Osel Shen Phen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Community, Missoula, Montana
- Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa - English Page | Italian Page
Dzogchen Foundation - The Dzogchen Foundation was organized in March, 1991 by Lama Surya Das and a small group of Dzogchen practitioners. The Foundation's mission is to preserve the precious teachings of Dzogchen and transmit them to Westerners in an accessible form.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Buddhism and Dzogchen
- Dharma Talks
- History and Lineages
- Ask the Lama - asklama@dzogchen.org
LongChen Foundation
- Underlying the external universe and our own minds is a single intrinsic ground of being.
- Because we do not realise the nature of this primordial ground, we are estranged from the basis of our own experience.
- The purpose of the Dzogchen tradition is to arouse this realisation in oneself and others.
Dhargyey Buddhist Centre Home Page - The Dhargyey Buddhist Centre was founded in November 1984 as an international teaching centre for the Venerable Gen Rinpoche, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, one of the most highly qualified Gelug lamas. Gen Rinpoche's teaching and meditation program aimed at building a sound understanding of all Buddha's teachings with emphasis on Mahayana Buddhism.
Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - FWBO is an non-sectarian international Buddhist movement successfully transmitting the spirit of Buddhism in the contemporary world that draws inspiration from all Buddhist traditions, studying and practicing their principles for the growth and development of the individual.
- FWBO Boston
KALAVINKA DHARMA NOTES (trans. Shramanera Dharmamitra) - "Kalavinka Dharma Notes is an ever-growing collection of early Mahayana tradition stories, verses, analogies, and teachings not otherwise available in English. It is intended as an entertaining and edifying resource for teachers and students at every level of experience in Dharma and from every Buddhist tradition."
- The Four Immeasurable Minds - Nagarjuna
- Faith
The Forest Hermitage - This is a small, peaceful Buddhist monastery after the style of the forest monasteries of N.E. Thailand but set in the Heart of England. It is owned and maintained by the Buddha-Dhamma Fellowship on behalf of and for the Bhikkhu Sangha. The tradition is that of the Theravada school.
- Angulimala; the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Organisation
Ligmincha Institute [Bön] - Ligmincha Institute, founded by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche in 1992, was created to preserve and spread the Tibetan Bön culture and teachings in the West, especially the practices of dzogchen. The purpose of this site is to provide information on Bön and dzogchen as well as the activities of Ligmincha Institute and our associated Khyung Dzong centers.
There, also see archive for "The Voice of Clear Light"
Drepung Loseling Monastery - Drepung Loseling monastery was established near Lhasa, Tibet in 1416 by Chojey Tashi Palden. It had four departments, of which Loseling, or "The Hermitage of the Radiant Mind," was the largest, housing more than three quarters of Drepung's ten to fifteen thousand monks Drepung Loseling was especially close to the Dalai Lama incarnations; the Second Dalai Lama made his residence here in 1494 and subsequent incarnations maintained this link. Drepung Loseling Monastery established its American seat in 1989 as a result of the first world tour of Sacred Music Sacred Dance. It is located in Mineral Bluff, Georgia and is named Losel Shedrup Ling. Losel Shedrup Ling also coordinates events such as Sacred Music Sacred Dance.
- Losel Shedrup Ling
- Sacred Music Sacred Dance
Nyingma Centers - The Nyingma Centers were founded by Head Lama Tarthang Tulku: a reincarnate master of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Nyingma Centers offer a many-faceted, open approach to human education through six non-profit institutions and service organizations.
- Tibetan Nyingma Meditaton Center TNMC: Preserving Tibetan Heritage; Founded in 1969 by Tarthang Tulku, TNMC was founded to preserve the religious and artistic heritage of Tibet and sponsors production of ritual arts and crafts, performance of traditional ceremonies including the Annual World Peace Ceremony at Bodh Gaya, India, and restoration of holy sites in India and Tibet.
- Tibetan Aid Project - People Helping People; Founded in 1969 to provide emergency relief to Tibetan refugees exiled in India and the Himalayas in the wake of the Chinese invasion of Tibet. In recent years it has concentrated on supporting Tibetan monks and nuns in Tibet, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sikkim, rebuilding monasteries in Tibet, distributing texts, art, and ritual objects to monasteries in Tibet and other Asian lands, organizing pilgrimages for Westerners, and disseminating current information on the situation inside Tibet.
- Gesar Magazine
- Yeshe De Project - Established in 1983, the Yeshe De Project is dedicated to preserving the texts of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, encouraging scholarly research, and promoting translation of traditional Buddhist texts. Under its auspices, TNMC and Dharma Publishing reprinted the entire Kanjur and Tanjur, the Tibetan Buddhist Canon in 128 Western-style volumes, and 627 additional volumes containing nearly 80,000 precious texts gathered from monasteries and libraries around the world.
- Opening the Odiyan Mandala for World Peace - Founded in 1975, Odiyan is envisioned as an international center that will accomodate traditional Buddhist studies, research, and practice, preservation of Tibetan culture, and to serve as a meeting ground for Eastern and Western knowledge.
Drikung Kagyu - Trinley Tharchin
- Drikung Kagyu Symbol
- A Brief History of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage
- Drikung Picture Page
Kunzang Palyul Choling Integrating Compassion and Wisdom into Everyday Life - Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) is a center for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyingma tradition. KPC is the seat of the Palyul lineage in the Western world, and is headed by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo, spiritual director and resident Lama.
Kunzang Palyul Chöling Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Thubten Choling - Thubten Choling is a Gelukpa Dharma center in the city of Duncan, on Vancouver Island, established in 1984 by Jhampa Shaneman. A 16' Enlightenment Stupa was recently constructed at the property. It was consecrated by monks and nuns from all four Tibetan sects on September 24th, 1995 together with an assembly of 150 lay people.
- It was specially dedicated to help people suffering from illnesses such as AID's and cancer. Thubten Choling is the functional arm of BASIS, a registered non profit society.
- Vancouver Island has centers of all four Tibetan Lineages. On Saltspring Island, beside Duncan, is the Kargyu retreat center for three year retreats. In the Parksville area there is a Nyingma center with Lingtrul Rinpoche. In Victoria there is a Sakya Dharma center under the guidance of Geshe Tashi Namgyal.
Gaden Choling - The Gaden Choling Mahayana Buddhist Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist centre for practice and study located in a quiet corner of downtown Toronto, Ontario. We are here to create an oasis of serenity amidst the busy confusion of big city life, and to offer refuge, resources and the teachings of the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Gaden Relief Project
HH Padma Norbu Rinpoch.
engaged buddhism|dharma - "Experience is knowlege; everything else is information."
- Casa Alianza - URGENT APPEALS for the street children of Guatamala. Please look and submit the forms. human rights and/or other humanitarian or ecological interests.
- Landmine Page - Human beings against landmines; Unicef, Concerned Veterens Against Landmines, WHO, and more.
- Gandhi Page The Life letters and writings of Mohandas Gandhi (An ongoing personal project)
- Non-profit "Hawai'ian Coalition Against Nuclear Testing" (HCANT)
- "Creations of Conscience" - Designing web pages for organizatons with human rights and/or other humanitarian or ecological interests.
The Aro Tradition - a small family lineage of the Nyingma School. The Aro gT‚r lineage, also called the Mother Essence lineage, emanates from a succession of enlightened women culminating in the visionary genius of Khyungchen Aro Lingma (1886 - 1923), and her son Aro Yesh‚ (1915 - 1951). Ngak'chang Ch”gyam Rinpoche and Khandro D‚chen Ts‚drup Yesh‚ are the current holders of the Aro gT‚r lineage.
Aro gT‚r is a non-liturgical, non-monastic ngakphang tradition which specializes in the teaching and practice of Dzogchen, emphasizing the importance of everyday life as practice (integration of practice with everyday working life; sexual equality; the spiritual dimension of romantic relationship and artistic creativity).
Communities of practitioners in the Aro tradition reside in Great Britain, the United States, Austria, Germany, Holland and Canada.
- Articles/Poetry
  - Emotions as the Path Part 1 Part 2
  - Interview on Dzogchen Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
  - Honey on the Razor's Edge
- Aro Books / Publications
  - WEARING THE BODY OF VISIONS
  - SPECTRUM OF ECSTASY
- History / Tradition
  - The Ngakphang Tradition
Siddhartha's Intent - Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
- Sea to Sky Retreat Centre
- Gyudmed Tantric Monastery: 96/97 World Tour
- Friends of Buddhism
- San Francisco Zen Hospice Project
- Sakyadita [International Association of Buddhist Women]
- A. Nava - A nice selection of text files on buddhist fundamentals (Theravadin)
  - Religious Pluralism, Where Conflicting Views Don't Exclude Each Other
- Kagyu Reconciliation
- Buddhistische Studien - Buddhist Studies
- Welcome to Dharma
- Buddhist ... greatperfection.org
- 1997 Tour of H.H. Sakya Trizin
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The Magic life of Milarepa Koan, anyone? Heart-Essence of the Great Masters (in 10 minutes or less?!!)

Dharma Texts

The Magic life of Milarepa

Koan, anyone?

Heart-Essence of the Great Masters
(in 10 minutes or less?!!)