Posted by Story Submission on Jul 2nd, 2012 | 0 comments
Bev Janson
Clinton, TN
It started by someone asking me a question. “Who is God”? Since there was no one in the room with me, I thought I was going crazy, but I answered anyway. “God is the person upstairs who sits in a concrete throne throwing thunderbolts at people for no apparent reason.” The voice answered, “I…
Posted by Story Submission on Jul 2nd, 2012 | 0 comments
Colin Moore
United Kingdom
I was 23 and this story took place in 1981. I was a student doing a Postgraduate Teaching Course after a degree in Psychology in Bangor, UK. I was tired doing teaching practice but I try to keep my meditation practice going. Not sure Christian or Buddhist so I sit in front of a Christian Cross and chant a Tibetan mantra. Confused? You bet,…
Posted by Story Submission on May 16th, 2012 | 0 comments
Maria Loh
Singapore
I attended The Invocation of Samantabhadra (Primordial Buddha), Dzogchen Teachings by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, 4-8 May 2012 in Singapore .
This is the miraculous way I came to know about Dzogchen Teaching by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. On 20 April 2012, I happened to glance at the bottom of a page in the Straits Times at a small…
Posted by Story Submission on Jan 5th, 2012 | 2 comments
Alyssa Krist
Bellingham, WA
Growing up on the Mississippi River in Missouri provided for my childhood a simple life. My parents’ kindness and love are a blessing in this life’s journey!
At the age of 5 or 6 years old I had an experience that has been imprinted upon my being, and it seems this imprint is a permeation that knows no bounds of…
Posted by Story Submission on Nov 11th, 2011 | 0 comments
Bill Romas Long Island, NY
Making a life, not just a living is a pithy instruction from my teacher Lama Surya Das. Many years as an old dharma dog, and affectionate name given to me by Lama Surya, that through devotion, wisdom, there is no separation between the spiritual and the worldly. WE eventually start to see and live the life we were meant to…