August 26, 2010 – 9:50 am
“Don’t film us,” exhorts a parent in the new film, Journey from Zanskar: A Monk’s Vow to Children. [Trailer below.] “We look like corpses.”
But a monk responds: “The rest of the world will see how things are in Zanskar.”
And it’s a good thing, too. The residents of Zanskar don’t have it easy and, too often, [...]
The other day we pointed you to Heidiminx’s fantastic series of interviews with Palden Gyatso. Here now is the newest, in which her subject answers the question, “How do you maintain peace of mind and your ability to forgive after 33 years as a political prisoner?”
Click through to watch; we dare you to not be [...]
…and that’s saying something. After all, has interviewed the Karmapa and quite a lot of other fascinating people. But this interview with Palden Gyatso — Part 1 of 6, and a heartbreaker to be sure — is very much worth your time.
Click through to view further installments of Heidiminx’s interview with Palden Gyatso. Parts Two [...]
If you’ve been following her occasional postings here, you know that our friend Heidiminx is the very model of the punk-rock dharma activist. She also has, um, a few tattoos. Some ink, of course, is more meaningful than others — as this new video by Heidiminx makes abundantly clear. In it, she interviews a member [...]
I think it took Dan Hardy of UFC’s ridiculous lack of guts to really tie it together for me: the direct correlation between lojong [patience practice] and fighting.
Think of it in terms of a boxing match.
Two years ago, I started Built on Respect to support the Tibetan community, and fight for human rights awareness. I’m [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:22 am
With the launch of a website and a piece in The Guardian, the word is out that His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, “is expected” to tour Europe this summer, traveling to Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Poland, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands.
SunSpace’s Danny Fisher caught up with our friend Tyler Dewar, [...]
December 24, 2009 – 10:09 am
Heidiminx, one of the most driven and inspiring young Buddhists we know, travels regularly to Dharamsala, India (she returns there on Feb 21st) — and recently had an audience with our January 2010 “cover star,” His Holiness the 17th Karmapa.
Here, we’ve collected all of Heidiminx’s video of her interviews with the Karmapa. Great questions and [...]
September 18, 2009 – 11:31 pm
The last time we heard from Heidiminx, she was planning her next trip to McLeod Ganj, India, to bring more of her good energy and effort there.
Here’s just some of what’s happened since she’s touched down, with a couple of her photos for good measure. See if you’re not inspired by how much one person [...]
In her first guest-post for Shambhala SunSpace, punk rock/Buddhist activist Heidiminx, founder of Built on Respect, shares what led her to her Do It Yourself approach to helping the world.
Plus, she hints at what’s next, and asks what makes you put your compassion into action.
We introduced you to her here; now she speaks for herself.
I love Heidiminx. Platonically, that is (I’m happily married!), and from a distance — because I’ve never met her. So maybe it’s more accurate to say that I love the idea of her, of what she’s doing, and how she’s doing it.
So who is she? Well, according to an interview presented by the great Alarm [...]
