a heartfelt wish for all beings...

here is a beautiful clip i found of Situ Rinpoche... be happy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5yPh8trI9k

love

bruno

colombo bombings!

just watched channel 4 news which gave a fuller bulletin than last night's sky report...

seems two tamil rebel prop planes dropped bombs on the sri lankan airforce base, just next to the main airport in colombo...

at least one person killed and many injured
they were targeting the airbase specifically because its military planes ae being used regularly during this current wave of very violent, almost civil war type, attacks and counter-attacks

a bit concerned we might not get to go afterall - we leave next sat 31st for paris then on to colombo on monday 2 april via doha with qatar airlines

now the 'funny' thing is... we might get as far as doha before we are told qatar will not fly to sri lanka...

i don't even remember where doha is!
i know we certainly won't have visas to hang around and explore there

what to do?!

michael says he thinks all will be well

the main airport was only temporarily closed, so maybe he's right and things will carry on regardless

having your annual holiday in a civil-war zone
laying on the most gorgeous beach in the world, Unawatuna, secretly praying for all the hundreds of people who lost their lives there in the tsunami
and trying to look glamourous at the same time...

first post...

just back from the Himalayas and India where i spent 7 weeks in dec/jan

first, i retreated alone in Sikkim and received teachings from Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

then we went to Bodhgaya - the place of the Buddha's enlightenment - to chant for world peace at the Monlam gathering at which many thousand Tibetan monks and nuns were in attendance

after that, RTR and around 70 of his close students and friends [including his entire family!] began the pilgrimmage across north India to visit the main places of the Buddha's life and teachings

we finished up in Kathmandu, Nepal.

heading off again on march 31 with michael to Sri Lanka for 2 weeks and returning via Paris [where we have rented an apartment for the weekend of our birthdays]

almost finished fundraising for Ringu Tulku Rinpoche's Bodhicharya Retreat Centre in Sikkim, India - thanks to all of you who contributed and a huge thanks to Margaret Ford in Scotland for doing the communication and admin

my home retreat is still going strong and the practice [though inconsistent] is doing me the power of good - heartfelt gratitude to my precious teachers Sogyal Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche and Thich Nhat Hanh

i am in the process of organising a venue for Ringu Tulku Rinpoche's teaching visit to dublin [may 26/27] when he will teach on THE SEVEN LINE PRAYER TO GURU RINPOCHE with a commentary by Mipham Rinpoche

Rinpoche told me in Kathmandu, the night before the pilgrimmage group dispersed to the four winds, that this very teaching was the first one he received on his own directly from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche!
so this dublin teaching will be extremely auspicious and all are welcome

to contact me please email bruno1965@gmail.com

also, i would like to offer a poem written before i left India and based on the various sites of the Buddha we visited

you can find it in the FOLIO section of www.nua.cc

love and best wishes,

bruno