Logs of Previous Tibetan Buddhist Chats
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Special Guests
Below is a list of guests that the TBC has had the honor of their attendance.
Click on their name to go to the logs of these different chats.
WalterDR
GoldnLtDoe
Venerable Ontul Rinpoche
Ven. K. T. Shedrup Gyatso
Logic519
Venerable Geshe
Dakpa Topgyal
Geshe Kalsang Wangdu
and Venerable Drimay
Eliot Tokar


Most Recent Chat Logs

February 28, 1999
The Seed
Syllable HUM
February 21, 1999
The Eight Auspicious Symbols
February 14, 1999
Losar
February 7, 1999
Chakras, Nadi,
Prana, Bindu
January 31, 1999
The Suffering of Conditional Phenomena
January 24, 1999
Altar Setup
January 3, 1999
Refuge
December 27, 1998
A Tibetan Home Christmas
with RBCF Alaya
Featuring a recipe for MoMo's
December 20, 1998
The Suffering of Change
December 13, 1998
Time
November 29, 1998
Purification, The 100 Syllable Mantra of Vajrasattva
June 27, 1999
Stupas (Chorten)
October 25, 1998
Open
November 1, 1998
Buddhism w/o Secterianism

October 4, 1998
The Bardo of Becoming
September 27, 1998
Death
September 20, 1998
Mudra
September 13, 1998
The Five Skandhas
October 11, 1998
A short Tale from 100,00 Songs of Milarepa
August 30, 1998
Bring Your Own Topic
August 23, 1998
The Bodhisattva:  Tonglen Practice, continued
August 16, 1998
The Bodhisattva:  Tonglen Practice "Sending and Taking"
August 9, 1998
The Bodhisattva:  The Six Perfections (Paramita)


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Older Chat Logs

July 19, 1998
The Kalamas Sutra
July 12, 1998
Applied Buddhism
June 21, 1998
More Emptiness... this
was a great chat!
June 14, 1998
Nagarjuna's 70 Stanzas on Emptiness
June 7, 1998
Bring Your Own Topic Chat
May 31, 1998
The MO, A Divinatory
System of Tibetan Buddhism
May 24, 1998
A discussion on Impermanence.
May 17, 1998
A discussion of the practice of Mother Meditation
May 10, 1998
Bring Your Own Topic.
Observations from A Comic 1 about his trip to Dharamsala.
May 3, 1998
Mahamudra:  Tranquility and Insight Meditation
April 26, 1998
A few choice verses from The Dhammapada.
April 19, 1998
The FIRST Tibetan
Buddhist Chat Trivia Meet
This was enjoyed by all.
April 12, 1998
A great Bring Your Own Topic Chat
April 5, 1998
Atisha's Seven Points of Mind Training.
March 29, 1998
Buddhist Tantra with a
look at the practice of Chenrenzig/
Avalokiteshvara
March 22, 1998
A continuation of last week's discussion of "The Diamond Sutra"
March 15, 1998
A continuation of last week's discussion of "The Diamond Sutra"
March 8, 1998
The first open discussion of The Diamond Sutra,
 March 1, 1998
A spontaneous open discussion concerning Karma.
February 1, 1998
Open discussion of the Diamond Sutra
January 25, 1998
The three-step section in
Eightfold Path
January 18,1998
The three-step section in The Eightfold Path 
January 4, 1998 
The second stage of
the Eight Fold Path:
 Right Thought
  December 28, 1998
The first stage of the Noble Eight Fold Path:  Right View
December 21, 1998
Open chat
November 30, 1998
An open discussion on:                                          Use and Purpose
of Mantra in
Meditation Practice
November 16, 1998
Open Discussion about
Buddhism Without Sectarianism "
by Deshung Rinpoche

November 9, 1998
Open Discussion of
The Four Noble Truths
 October 26, 1998
Basic Teachings of Sakya
The Beautiful Ornament
of The Three Visions
Presented by PadBhumi
October 19, 1998
Basic Teachings of Kagyu
The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Presented by SteveTec
October 12, 1998
Basic Teachings of Nyingma
Ngondro and The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind
Presented by LilTara
October 5, 1998
Our *first* Tibetan
Buddhist Chat !


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  June 20, 1999
SPECIAL GUEST
Eliot Tokar

A Practitioner of Traditional Asian Medicine

http://www.tibetanmedicine.com


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January 11, 1998

SPECIAL GUEST:
The Venerable Geshe Dakpa Topgyal
The Six Realms of Existence
In The Wheel of Life

An article and interview with the
Venerable Geshe Dakpa Topgyal can be found at:
The Charleston Tibetan Society


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August 2, 1998
The Bodhisattva:  The 10 Bhumi, or Levels of Spiritual Attainment
We had a special surprise guest observer for this chat:  Ontul Rinpoche who was with our own Kdorje, aka Ven. Konchog Dorje!
Venerable Drikung Ontul Rinpoche
Ontul Rinpoche is a Master Lineage holder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage, a "terton" or treasure revealer, a Ngakpa or lay lama and a master of  Mahamudra and Dzogchen. His incarnation lineage originates from the time of Padmasambava, when he was one of the 25 great disciples.


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October 18, 1998
Raising Children in a
Western Buddhist Home

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  SPECIAL GUEST:
GoldnLtDoe

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November 15, 1998
  SPECIAL GUEST:
WalterDR

As you may know, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was in Washington, D.C.
during the past week.  Our guest, WalterDR was on a panel with
Dr. Choedrak, Dr. Dakpa, Dr. Lobsang Rapgay, and Dr. Jim Gordon
of Georgetown University, which met on Monday to discuss
what he calls 'the grand rounds of psychiatry'.
 To read more about our guest, please visit his web site at:
WalterDR - Tibetan Medicine


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SPECIAL GUEST:
The Venerable K. T. Shedrup Gyatso

 Ven. K. T. Shedrup Gyatso is the spiritual
director of the San Jose Tibetan Temple in
San Jose, California.  He is a fully-ordained
Buddhist monk in the Nyingma and Kagyu
traditions.   His teachers include His Holiness
Penor Rinpoche, His Holiness Chetsang
Rinpoche, Ven. Lama Tharchin Rinpoche,
and Sogyal Rinpoche.

December 14,1997
Death and Dying
November 23, 1997
The Teacher - Student
Relationship
July 5, 1998
Buddhist Sexual Ethics
in the 21st Century


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November 2, 1997

SPECIAL GUESTS:
 Geshe Kalsang Wangdu
and Venerable  Drimay

The Basic Teaching of Galugpa,
The Graduated Path to Enlightenment

June 28, 1998

  SPECIAL GUEST:
Logic519
 

The Tibetan Political and
Environmental Situation in Tibet



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