Comments on: Moab, Utah

By: Analee

Analee — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:16:35 +0000

Gosh it’s good to see you guys, even if it is ‘just’ photos and videos…

Um, now I have a question: From the Boddhisatvic perspective, one is not actually praying for liberation from all manifestation after the close of this life, but actually for manifestation in a realm perhaps finer than this yet close enough to maintain concern for and have an impact on the progress of souls incarnate on 3D Earth and other dimensions and locations — would that be correct?

I humbly thank you in advance for your time and concern in reading this query and your energy in responding,

Love, Light, Laughter and Beauty,

Analee

By: Marc & Terry, Moab

Marc & Terry, Moab — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:33 +0000

Dearest Chopel & Friends, Oh we all enjoyed your visit SOOOO much!!! You are a powerful reminder of our connection with the Spirit! And for me personally – to blow the Conch while you slid the mandala sand into the Colorado river was a moment I will always cherish. NOW I know why the Conch is an auspicious symbol … it felt like a sound-bridge between this world and the Buddah realms … THANK you for your encouragement! ALL Our Love!!!

By: Chophel

Chophel — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:03:06 +0000

The top person is me – Chophel. The bottom person is Venerable Lobsang.

By: Analee

Analee — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:43:47 +0000

So, are both the pictures at the top of the site of the same person? I try don’t have an eye for faces, but they seem so different to me. Forgive my confusion…

By: Chophel

Chophel — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:37:54 +0000

Hello Analee,

Thank you for sharing your wonderful words. To answer your question, Venerable Logsang is still the tour leader and is traveling with us. He did have to leave the tour briefly to take a trip to the monastery in India but has rejoined us.

By: Analee

Analee — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:22:09 +0000

I’m a little confused — there’s a picture of the blog’s oiginator in the welcome blurb, but there’s also a picture of Lo Song, the American monk. Is he also involved in creating the blog, or is that just a random picture of one of you precious holy people?

A few of you visited Sacramento, I don’t know, a few years ago: it was a high point of this life, without any doubt! It’s wonderful to be able to be in touch a little, as I’m disabled & therefore without a car & can’t travel to different places in California to catch up with you all…

I did write a sonnet about a moment that I spent with the old master of that group, which, as this form of western verse is complex but short (only 14 lines), and as it may be of some use to some student or seeker who find him or herself having difficulties conceptualizing emptiness… I sent a copy to Thubten Dharye Ling with permission to use or not use it in any way which might help anyone, and I humbly make the same gift to you:

DCLXVII

One awesome day, a Geshe held my hand
And gazed into my eyes, and we both smiled;
That day I was truly to understand
How by our words we all have been beguiled

I later thought I must have smiled so wide
I shut my eyes — but could not duplicate
The feat: no move of mine conspired to hide
His holy form, but such I must relate:

He disappeared, became unmanifest
And in his place was only Emptiness
But think it not devoid, o student, lest
Its beauty seeking eyes might fail to bless:

So full of Essence! Waiting, all diffuse
In rainblow particles, for Light to use!

With Great Respect and Many Many Blessings,
Analee