M.J. Rose

The Tibetan reincarnationists have just completed a beautiful ceremony for the 900th anniversary of the Karmapa lineage – the largest lineage within the Kagyu School, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapa lineage is oldest reincarnate lineage in Tibetan Buddhism!

Karmapa Lineage readies for 900th Anniversary celebration

(Dharamsala) The stage is all set and the guests have all arrived in Bodh Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar, where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, to celebrate the 900 years of the Karmapa lineage.     Buddhist monks are seen circumambulating the Tergar Monastery, the venue for a celebration marking the 900th anniversary of the Karmapa Lineage, in Bodh Gaya, India, Tuesday, December 7, 2010.(Photo: Phayul) This year marks the 900th year since the birth of the first Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa (1110-1193). The unique tradition of reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism started with the First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa. He was said to be born in the year 1110 CE in Dreshö, a part of Dreho in Kham province of Tibet. Karma Kagyu, or Kamtsang, is the largest lineage within the Kagyu School, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, is currently the holder of this oldest reincarnate lineage in Tibetan Buddhism and he has been living in India since 2000 following a dramatic escape from the Chinese-occupied Tibet. A two-day celebration to mark the 900th anniversary of the Karmapa lineage will be held at Tergar Monastery here in Bodh Gaya. The opening ceremony on the 8th will have three hours of pageantry, music and dramatic performances to express gratitude to Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa. In a message for the event, the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has offered his prayers and greetings for a successful conclusion of the event… For the complete article click here.

After all of the excitement surrounding last week’s discovery of arsenic based life forms, and the rather entertaining speculation all over the web that perhaps the NASA announcement last Thursday was going to be full disclosure of alien life, here’s a little bit of down-to-earth wisdom from everyone’s favorite smart guy Neil Degrasse Tyson. Here he is on a panel at St. Petersburg College in 2009, explaining how the human mind desires to explain the unknown, often defying logic in the process…

From ARE WE A BLOG: A COMPANION TO THE ARE WE ALONE RADIO SHOW –

The very recent discovery of arsenic based life forms here on Earth bodes VERY well for the future discovery of extraterrestrial life. We reincarnationists know just how creative the process of life can be – but the rest of the world still needs a little convincing. Thank you NASA!