Buddhism

Olga Sutikova, Yaroslav Tokarev: "Psychophysiology of meditation"

Though the essence of all living beings is identical in the face of the Absolute, but true individuality of each creation and the way inherent only to it demand a variety of ways for comprehension…

For the last one hundred years a considerable quantity of Eastern self-knowledge techniques has been opened for the West. However an obvious difference in perception of the...

Masha Sharapan. "My Karma yoga in Nepal"

Working somewhere away from home for no money hasn’t yet proved to be a very appealing holiday option for Russian travelers. However, many people in developed countries admit volunteering to be a wonderful way to travel cheaply, collect impressions and experience, get to know the culture of a country from within, at the same time proudly and feasibly contributing to...

Interview with Lyse Mai Lauren. "Ever Here Now"

Lyse Mai Lauren was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She studied flute at Sidney conservatory along with performing arts, osteophaty, folk medicine. At the age of 26 she first visited Tibet and Nepal. Since 1985 she was taught by lamas, like Kalu Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Tulku Orgyen, and Chadral Rinpoche since 1991. Most of her time she spends in Darjeeling (India) and visits...

Yantra is a rhythm. It takes time to discover it. Interview with Fabio Andrico

Fabio Andrico has been teaching Yoga internationally for over 30 years. He began his yoga career in the mid-seventies, when he studied Sivananda Yoga during a trip to India. In the following years, Andrico was exposed to many different yoga traditions. He ultimately met his teacher, Dzogchen Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, in 1977 and had the rare opportunity to learn the Tibetan tradition of...

Natasha Sander: "Don't be limited by other people’s limitations" Interview with Rigzin Tromge

Natasha Sander Questions and footnotes by I.Zhuravlev & N.Sander Don't be limited by other people’s limitations

Interview with Rigzin Tromge

Born at a radical time, in the heart center of the movement,...

Ilya Zhuravlev: "Vipassana in Doi Suthep Monastery (Thailand)"

Ilya Zhuravlev Vipassana in Doi Suthep Monastery (Thailand)

Apart from the famous Thai resorts, there are several traditions that attract tourists from the West to this friendly country. First, it is the well-known Thai massage. Using the techniques visually reminding hatha yoga asanas, the massage therapist treats all the body. Such therapists can be...

Natasha Sander. Passing through death. The tradition of Tulku.

Tulku – the one who crosses the death

Tulku (in Tibetan) is a Buddhist or Bon spiritual teacher (or lama in Tibetan language) who made a conscious decision to be incarnated again in a human body to continue his activity and carried out it.

«The reincarnated» - is the most interesting phenomenon...