Tashi Namgyal
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My Tagline:
Open Mind Open Heart
My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, God, Afterlife, Interfaith issues, Charity, Origin of life debates, History, Music, Books, Current events, Politics, Environment, Holistic living, Depression, Marriage, Dreams
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Favorite authors: Alan Watts, Pema Chodron, Sharon Salzberg, Jeffrey Deaver, Khaled Hosseini, Dean Koontz, J.A. Jance, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Chogyam Trungpa, D.T. Suzuki, Tony Hillerman, John Le Carre, Robert Silverberg, Herman Hesse
Who Inspires Me:
Buddha, Jesus, the Dalai Lama, all those who take action
for peace, justice, compassion, and the environment.
My organizations and affiliations:
United Church of Christ, the Democratic Party
My favorite spiritual activities:
Mindfulness, metta (loving kindness meditation)
Who I'm praying for:
All sentient beings
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Compassionate
What's your spiritual type?:
Undefinable - These labels (and most labels) don't work for me.
About Me
I am a 58 year old man, who was born and raised Jewish. Currently, I belong to, and practice, two faiths--Progressive Christianity and Mahayana Buddhism. To me, there is no conflict between the two; in fact, the teachings of Gautama Buddha and Jesus Christ enhance and compliment each other.
"Tashi Namgyal" is my dharma name, given to me by Nepalese lama Choje Tulku Rinpoche, of the Nyingma lineage, when I took the Three Refuge vows during a dharma seminar he gave here in western Colorado.
I'm very interested in all three approaches to the Buddha dharma--Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. I have studied Buddhism, and related religious philosophies, since 1970.
As a baptized Christian, I'm a member of the very open-minded United Church of Christ, a progressive Protestant denomination.
I've joined the Beliefnet community to share ideas and experiences with other Buddhists, Progressive Christians, and spiritual seekers.
I've been a professional broadcast and print journalist since 1977.
I'm married, with one stepdaughter and one grandchild.
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What a long, strange trip it's been!
Posted: Dec 30, 2007 1:28 AM
My spiritual journey has been slightly atypical, to put it mildly. My father was one of ten children born of a Jewish man and a... (more)
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