Articles
Articles are "outrider" in their rationale because of StevenRAJ's eagle eye of intellect: he sees beyond the curve and so can elucidate on the practical point, even so pontificate. Arts and sciences bend with the force, spiralling toward anarchy and religion, outside-in. Thus "Articles" stands of level ground to answer a variety of worldly questions.
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The Liberation of Scholar Prince, Earnest Priest
The Liberation of Scholar Prince Earnest Priest, an hagiography of Gendun Chophel of Tibet (1904-1951) by Gnostic Ocean (1905-1975). Priest's life and liberation is detailed including direct quotes from his own vernacular. Headings and scholarly notes are included by the translator, StevenRAJ.
The Lot of Tibetans of Yore
Translation of Gendun Chophel's modern and interdisciplinary essay on Tibetan culture: an anthropology of their folk traditions. This article features an astonishing variety of examples of old Tibet phenomenologically related to the present. The author's contemplative and poetic asides complete the text.
The Great Elephant: A Treatise on Valid Cognition
Tibetan Modernist Gendun Chophel's treatise on the Buddhist concept of valid cognition as championed by Master Dignāga; this treatise serves as an introduction to the author's even deeper and maddening musings on Middle Way metaphysics. Translated by StevenRAJ.
Treatise on Himalaya
Gendun Chophel's scholarly treatise on the Land of Snows featuring the Tibetan snow lion; replete with wit and scriptural citation. Translated and notated by StevenRAJ.
Spiritual Retreat Kitchen Ethos
Ethos of the professional kitchen featuring extraprofessional guidelines for preparing food in the context of spiritual retreat.
The Stupas of Crestone
Come visit the stupas of Crestone/Baca Grande, in southern Colorado, USA. It's a destination for Buddhist pilgrimage and greater spiritual awakening. A great high mountain adventure is here!
Words of Truth
The Essence of Correlative Arising: The Mantra and its Provenance, and how to spell; plus a free PDF of Lama Tsongkhapa's "Excellent Praise."
What is Haiku (& How to Write It!)
Learn for ourselves the foundations and wondrous applications of pop haiku. From Japanese Zen to the Kerouacian pop, learn the principles of haiku (and try it out, too!).
Modes of Transcreation: Commercial to Sublime
A literary assessment and pop phenomenology on the discipline of "transcreation." A broad overview of the emerging field with an emphasis in sacred and ecstatic literary transcration.
Shape of the Buddhafield: Level or Globe?
Indo-Tibetan perspectives on the shape and characteristic of the buddhafield including in-depth source-text translations and references.
How to Write Haibun
This article can be used as a source for an ocean of haibun, an accessible and traditional literary form. Engage the prompt at the end of the article and write haibun to your heart's content.
