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Vinson Visual Lojong #22: Don’t bring things to a painful point
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, climb, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #21: In post meditation, be a child of illusion
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, climb, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #16: Three objects, three poisons, and three seeds of virtue
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Tagged 2011, Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #15: Whatever you meet unexpectedly, join with meditation
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #10: Liberate yourself by examining and analyzing
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #9 Two activities: one at the beginning, one at the end
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #8: When the world is filled with evil, Transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #7: Don’t try to be the fastest
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #2: Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Vinson Visual Lojong #1: First, train in the preliminaries
Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Buddhism, Lojong Slogans, Nature, photography, Travel
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Antarctica Countdown 15 Days and Counting: Super-size The Wisdom of No Escape
“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 3.0, Vinson
Tagged 2011, Antarctica, climb, Pema Chodron, Seven Summits, train, Vinson, Wisdom of No Escape
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Antarctica Countdown 47 days and counting: Flashback to YOD
This new training program has me running again. Thankfully I am back up to an hour of running without any major challenges thus far. I ran outside Wednesday around Quidi Vidi lake and again this morning from the house. In … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Denali, Everest 3.0, Vinson
Tagged Antarctica, climb, Mount Vinson, training, Year on Denali, YOD
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Antarctica Countdown 56 Days and Counting: Where the Rubber Hits the Road
I love this shot that Natelle took this morning! The blurring of the pavement as I drag the tire ever upward. It was one of those morning where, when the alarm first went off and the house was shaking in … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 3.0, Vinson
Tagged 2011, Antarctica, climb, Seven Summits, train
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Mont Blanc Hallelujah
(Click the video to play while reading the blog entry) I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, … Continue reading
Slack Line, Beginner’s Mind
After 22 out 24 days of rain in St. John’s, the sun finally graced our presence for the Canada Day long weekend. After a month of waiting, we could finally try out our new slack line. Slack lining involves learning … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 3.0, Life
Tagged beginner's mind, bongo board, slack line, unicycle, zen mind
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#13 Be grateful to everyone
It’s been a tough yet joyous week. The joy has come in celebrating the achievements of four friends; all of who have worked and trained tirelessly to reach their own personal Everests. One qualified for the world championships in the … Continue reading
Hammered on Hvannadalshnuku
So much to describe and share and so little time to find the words. Days are passing here like the wind, very rapidly and measured in meters per second, both the speed of the wind and our experiences on the … Continue reading
Running Towards the Biting Phone
The Tibetan Plateau muted my senses. Its colour palette draws most strongly from the autumn family of ochres, tans, beiges, browns, but there are also the most intense sky and water blues imaginable. Other than blue, there were no bright … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 3.0, Tibet Bike, Vinson
Tagged 2011, climb, Pema Chodren, phone phobia, Tibet Mountain Bike
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Borrowing Discipline
My Buddhist refuge name is Tsultrim Mig Gya. It means Discipline Great Vision and represents what my teacher saw as the path to my enlightenment when I took my refuge vow in 2005. It was a time of great personal … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Life
Tagged 2011, Blue Monday, Buddhist, discipline, life lessons, New Year's Resolutions
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Looking for WIndhorse II
Prayer flags are often called Lung-ta or Windhorse in Tibet and Nepal. One traditional prayer flag design has a windhorse in the centre and the Four Dignities (Lion, Tiger, Garuda, Dragon) in the four corners. As some of you will … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 2010, Everest-007, Life, Tibet Bike
Tagged 2011, Everest, gratitude, photography, prayer flags, teachers, windhorse
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