Simply Dharma
For tales of spirited travel,
adventure &
solitary retreat…
N. L. Drolma’s dharma blog Beyond Meeting or Parting.
N. L. Drolma
Ordained in 1996 in the Nyingma (ancient, esoteric) school of Tibetan Buddhism, Ngawang Lodro Drolma is a longtime practitioner who also enjoys giving the gift of dharma; she was authorized by Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche as “lama” in 2009. Her way of teaching is simple, playful and direct. In February 2024, she established the Khachod Dechenling Foundation, an educational, non-profit 501c(3) organization incorporated in New York State. The foundation carries the name that Semo Saraswati Rinpoche gave to N. L. Drolma’s retreat residence which has also served as a sanctuary in NYC for Buddhist practitioners and guest lamas since the 90s.
If you are “dharma curious” (or intuit that your life would be sweeter with less screen time), check out “The No-Phone Hour,” a teaching (interlaced with meditation) offered weekly and in-person at Khachod Dechen Ling.
”Simply Dharma” is intelligent play.
“One person’s play is another person’s seriousness, and one person’s seriousness is another person’s play... If we have playmind, we can see through meditation that all phenomena are like magic. Then, wherever we go, we are comfortable.”
— Thinley Norbu, Magic Dance
Mani stone by Bhakha Tulku
Mahaguru Portraits
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To introduce and honor exemplars of wisdom and compassion:
Drawings and photographs of Tibetan Buddhist masters.
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1. Semo Saraswati Rinpoche* 2. Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche 3. Gesar of Ling
*Photographer unknown.
Plus: Fun & gluten-free, captioned illustrations
from The Art of Do-Nothing Meditation
by N. L. Drolma
Way of sitting alone and free of loneliness.
It’s always Sunday on this site
to give you a nice break
from work, politics, and existential angst.
:-)