A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
Food

Indian Pilaf

Indian Pilaf. Be sure and blanch the almonds. If you don’t, the skins will come off in the rice as it cooks and look very messy as well as taste bitter. Blanched almonds are more expensive, if you can find them, but I...

February 17, 2021
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The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.
Buddha-dharma

31 Planes in the Six Realms of Existence

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. At our class last week someone asked about the various heavens and hells as expressed in...

January 31, 2021
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Food

Greens with Grits

What could be better than a hot bowl of butter drenched grits with a grating of Parmigianno-Riggiano? Hot grits with freshly harvested bok choy, koji tatsoi, and even a large leaf of red radicchio. Adding an organic...

January 31, 2021
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Shrine of the Bab in Haifa, Israel.
Events

The Bahá’í Religion and the Truth

Shrine of the Bab in Haifa, Israel. We had a lively discussion on the  Bahá’í faith at our Sunday class that I think warrants some further clarification and comment. I am grateful that one of the...

January 25, 2021
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The Major World Religions

The articles reviewed support a decrease in Christianity and an increase in Islam with Hinduism and Buddhism maintaining a stable percentage of the total. The following chart provides the most recent Wikipedia...

January 25, 2021
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