His Holiness the Dalai Lama Dismantling the Kalachakra Sand Mandala, Visiting Educational Projects and a Lunch Hosted by the Muslim Co-ordination Committee, Leh

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 16 July 2014 – One of the final events associated with the giving of the Kalachakra Empowerment is the dismantling of the sand mandala. When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the teaching pavilion this morning, the monks of Namgyal Monastery were already reciting the necessary rituals. His Holiness stood by the eastern gate and paid his respects before sitting down and taking part in the prayers. Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits to Rudok Monastery & Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 15 July 2014 – On reaching the teaching pavilion at Shiwatsel this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama went directly to the eastern door of the mandala palace and surveyed the sand mandala. Looking up from that he nodded in respect to the grand appliqué thangka of Kalachakra hanging behind the western door. Then he walked over to where the monks of Namgyal Monastery were reciting Kalachakra rituals, smiled and stepped out to the front of the pavilion. Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Long-life Empowerment and a Long-life Offering to Conclude the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 14 July 2014 – Last night’s full moon was still setting over the mountains around the Leh Valley this morning as tens of thousands of people converged on the Teaching Ground at Shiwatsel one last time. At about 7am His Holiness the Dalai Lama stepped out of his residence to walk to the Teaching Pavilion, stopping here and there to greet an old acquaintance or comfort an old or infirm person on the way. Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Final Day of 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 12 July 2014 – Today saw the culmination of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment. After spending five hours on the preparatory rituals and eating a quick lunch His Holiness the Dalai Lama was ready to begin the final session of the empowerment before midday. He took the time again to greet the huge crowd and salute the Lamas, local dignitaries and other guests before taking his seat on the throne. Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Disciples’ Entry into the Mandala during 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 11 July 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama has two seats in the Kalachakra Pavilion. One is the grand throne in the middle facing the audience from which he has been teaching for the last several days. The other is a lower seat from which he looks in the opposite direction facing the Kalachakra sand mandala. It was in this latter seat that he sat for four and a half hours this morning going through the various rituals and self-empowerments preparatory to the empowerment he was to give in the afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Preparatory Procedures for the Kalachakra Empowerment

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 10 July 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama went to the teaching pavilion early in the morning today and spent four hours performing the self-generation rituals. When he returned from lunch, in the heat of the day, an estimated 144,000 people had gathered to take part in the preparatory procedures for the Kalachakra Empowerment. He came out to the front of the platform of the pavilion to gaze out into the crowd smiling and waving in greeting and the audience returned his salute. Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Concluding the ‘Precious Garland’ and Reading the ‘Letter to a Friend’

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 8 July 2014 – Following the verses of homage from the ‘Ornament of Clear Realization’ and ‘Fundamental Wisdom’, at the start of the third day of teachings preliminary to the Kalachakra Empowerment, came a wish for the perpetuation of the Dharma.

“After working for countless aeons the Buddha finally attained enlightenment; 
by the power of that may the Dharma last long.”

His Holiness remarked that while the Buddha’s body, speech and mind have many qualities, his predominant quality is his love and compassion. Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: High Status and Definite Goodness

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 7 July 2014 – Before leaving his residence to resume teachings preliminary to the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with almost 200 Chinese. He began by congratulating them simply for being there, because of the difficulty of making the journey. He said that relations between Tibet and China were more than 1000 years old. Read the rest of this entry »

Wim Hof durante il suo ultimo record di resistenza nel ghiaccio, due ore e 53 minuti, realizzato nell’ittobre 2013.(© Ruud van der Lubben/Demotix/Corbis)

Meditazione e respiro per ridurre le infiammazioni

Il sistema nervoso autonomo e il sistema immunitario possono essere influenzati con una semplice tecnica di respirazione e meditazione, che riduce la produzione delle sostanze che stimolano i processi infiammatori e aumenta quella delle sostanze antinfiammatorie. La tecnica, messa a punto dal recordman di resistenza al freddo, potrebbe essere di aiuto a chi soffre di patologie autoimmuni.

Il sistema nervoso autonomo e il sistema immunitario innato possono essere influenzati volontariamente sfruttando alcune semplici tecniche di respirazione e di meditazione. A dimostrare questa possibilità – potenzialmente di aiuto ai pazienti affetti da patologie associate a stati infiammatori persistenti o da malattie autoimmuni – è stato uno studio condotto da ricercatori della Radboud University a Nijmegen, nei Paesi Bassi, che firmano un articolo pubblicato sui “Proceedings of the Natoonal Academy of Sciences” http://www.pnas.org/content/111/20/7379.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 79th Birthday and the Start of Teachings Preliminary to the Kalachakra Empowerment

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 6 July 2014 – In the days since the beginning of the process of preparing for the Kalachakra Empowerment, monks of Namgyal Monastery have performed the Earth Dance and commenced construction of the sand mandala. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has participated in the associated prayers morning and afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

The Process of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment Begins

Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 3 July 2014 – A day and a night of light but steady rain had lowered the temperature and laid the dust as His Holiness the Dalai Lama stepped out of his residence at Shiwatsel on his way to the pavilion from where he would give the Kalachakra Empowerment for the 33rd time. This also marks the 60th year since he first offered it at the Norbulingka in Lhasa. Read the rest of this entry »

Dott. Enzo Soresi

Dott. Enzo Soresi: “Il cervello anarchico”

Alla luce della PNEI (Psiconeuro endocrino- immunologia), il Dott. Enzo Soresi, medico chirurgo specializzato in malattie polmonari ed oncologia clinica, ex primario di pneumologia presso l’ospedale Niguarda di Milano e presidente dell’Associazione Sanità senza fumo, descrive da un punto di vista scientifico una serie di casi clinici “singolari” per dimostrare l’importanza di un modello di vita volto a ridurre al minimo il disagio psichico, con conseguente prevenzione del danno biologico.

Per tutto il periodo della sua vita fetale, fino al momento della nascita, il cervello sviluppa con l’organismo a cui appartiene una relazione fisiologicamente armonica che si instaura attraverso un network di comunicazioni rappresentate dai neurotrasmettitori e neuropeptidi. Questi messaggeri neurochimici, prodotti dalle cellule del sistema nervoso centrale e del sistema immunitario, influenzano la crescita delle fibre nervose, la plasticità delle sinapsi, il ciclo vitale dei neuroni con la loro morte programmata, determinando l’assetto definitivo del sistema nervoso centrale e periferico. Read the rest of this entry »

Teaching About Emptiness and Dependent Arising at Likir, Ladakh

Likir, Ladakh, J&K, India, 1 July 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived early at the newly prepared teaching ground below Likir Monastery this morning. Light cloud filled the sky providing shade for the estimated 15,000 people who had come to listen to him. When the recitation of introductory prayers was over, he advised that whenever Buddhist teachings are given it is important for teacher and disciples to cultivate a good motivation. Read the rest of this entry »

Summer Seminar on the Perfection of Wisdom and Consecrating a Statue of the Buddha

Likir Gompa, Ladakh, India, 30 June 2014 – The Summer Seminar on the Perfection of Wisdom opened for the first time at Likir Monastery with the assembly of monks reciting verses of homage to the Buddha and the first chapter of Maitreya’s ‘Ornament of Clear Realization’. Geshe Lobsang Samten, Ngari Rinpoche’s Manager, welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Ganden Tri Rinpoche among other dignitaries and guests. Read the rest of this entry »