Sogyal Rinpoche…Wisdom and Compassion in Action…Rigpa’s 2007 Fall Retreat in Northern California

Byriehlifegrace November 24, 2007December 15, 2007

November 23rd through December 2nd…that’s where I am…and then three more days for the extention retreat. All of this, in the ballroom of the Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa on the shores of beautiful Clear Lake (California’s largest self-enclosed lake).

I’ve traveled from St. Louis back to one of my homes and it feels good to see friends from Lake County and friends I’ve known for 17 years in the Rigpa Sangha. I’m staying at Innisfree Vacation Rentals, the land of my friend Turtlewoman, Sybil Frances, right on the lake…next door to the A-frame, which I christened Rocking Triangle Studio…and lived there the first 2 of the 9 years I lived here.

So, here we go!

Ah, Africa

“I will take you halfway.”

Byriehlifegrace January 10, 2007April 29, 2007

At the Albuquerque Airport I stepped out, curbside, looking for some sensible way to carry four containers with only two arms. I was toting two small suitcases, a side bag, and the familiar family solution for overflow—a cardboard box. My friend chauffeuring me spotted the carts. The price seemed right—just a quarter. Yippee! I had…

Heart Practice—Variation on the Nectar Flow–Changing the Oil Under the Hood of Your Heart

Byriehlifegrace December 17, 2007December 24, 2007

In The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Soyal Rinpoche in Chapter 19 “Helping After Dying” Rinpoche shares a beautiful HEART PRACTICE on pages 313-316 “that can truly help you when you are suffering from deep sorrow and grief. It is a practice my master Jamyang Khyentse always used to give to people who…

Isabella Mori’s Buddhist Blog Carnival

Byriehlifegrace April 16, 2008

Isabella Mori’s blog “change therapy: making lives better, making better lives” is sponsoring a Buddhist carnival. What’s that? It’s a selection of buddhist posts all over the blogosphere. Isabella kindly included Riehlife’s features on Eden Maxwell.

Artists and Writers

Sunflower Journal Led Me to Sunflower Festival

Byriehlifegrace April 30, 2009

Sunflowers grace the front of my journal and now that I’ve come and gone from the Mountainaire sunflower festival I notice this correspondence. The Heritage House sitting room/parlor. Silver tea set on oval tea table. Golden light filtered through curtains. parquet floor.A sense of peace, contentment and fulfillment, satisfaction from completing my New Mexico visit….

H.H. Dalai Lama at Emory University on streaming audio

Byriehlifegrace November 6, 2007November 6, 2007

The presentations from H.H. Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Emory University to commemorate his installation as Presidential Distinguished Professor are all available online, in video streaming format. Click here. His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Emory University My friend Elaine writes that her son, who was there, particularly recommends the “Summit on Religion, Conflict and…

“Good-bye for now! Good-bye, Good-bye!” Janet Riehl’s so-long celebration with community art friends

Byriehlifegrace June 23, 2007June 23, 2007

I needed to have a going away party. And, so I did. Atop one of the loveliest, furthest-sweeping views of Clear Lake, at the Riviera Heights Club House, 30 friends–artists, writers, musicians, actors–met to celebrate the day, our art connections, good food (from the Mexican Restaurant T&T at the Lake), home-made music, singing, dancing, poetry,…

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