Bhikshu Tenpa
There Are No Mahayana Monasteries
When we examine what we call "Mahāyāna" monasteries, we discover something quite surprising to many: they are, institutionally speaking, Śrāvaka communities that happen to study and practice based on Mahāyāna literature...
At least, not in the way we think
There Are No Mahayana Monasteries
Is the Big Bang Theory Wrong?
In recent years, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled discoveries that have shaken the foundations of our cosmic understanding. Here we will use Madhyamaka logic to challenge it even further...
Challenging the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
Is the Big Bang Theory Wrong?
Does God Exist?
Let's examine the concept of Creator God through the lens of Madhyamaka reasoning, demonstrating how the very definition of such a deity contains inherent logical contradictions.
A Logical Refutation of Creator God
Does God Exist?
Vinaya Schools Network Diagram
This diagram represents a simplified view of Buddhist institutional development. The actual historical development was likely more complex and non-linear though...
A diagram representing the development of monastic institutions
Vinaya Schools Network Diagram
Attached To This Life | ཚེ་འདིར་ཞེན་པའི་ཚོར་སྣང།
Written during the teaching of Nyingtik Yabshi in May 2024, this poem explores attachment to the concerns of this life and how they distract from genuine spiritual practice. It examines how even when practicing Dharma...
Reflections on the Eight Worldly Dharmas
Attached To This Life | ཚེ་འདིར་ཞེན་པའི་ཚོར་སྣང།
Reflections on Going Forth | རབ་བྱུང་ཞིག་གི་བསམ་གཞིགས།
This poem was written during my second Traditional Rain Retreat. It is a reflection to generate the mind of "renunciation", although the correct word would be emergence or going forth. It explores...
Reflections to generate the mind of "renunciation"
Reflections on Going Forth | རབ་བྱུང་ཞིག་གི་བསམ་གཞིགས།
The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva's Outline
Given this text has been translated by enough people, I didn't want to make yet another translation. However, while studying a Tibetan commentary from Jigme Tsultrim Palzang I came accross an interesting outline...
There are enough translations, but not enough outlines
The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva's Outline
Redefining Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism has captivated spiritual seekers with its vibrant expressions and distinctive cultural elements. Yet beneath these unique characteristics lies a profound truth: Tibetan Buddhism preserves and embodies the essence of Indian Mahayana Buddhism, expressed...
The Enduring Legacy of Indian Mahayana in Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Redefining Tibetan Buddhism
Welcome to Middle Way Musings
The 'Middle Way' in the Madhyamaka tradition refers not simply to moderation, but to a profound philosophical position that avoids the extremes of eternalism and nihilism—neither asserting that phenomena inherently exist nor claiming they are utterly non-existent...
Reflections from a Monastic Path
Welcome to Middle Way Musings