Sometimes we know things. Sometimes we pay attention. How often do we take action?
There are hidden storehouses of life-giving power in Professor’s teachings.
His lifetime, lifework and spirit will endure as we render his memories into the creative acts of our lifework. May the following worldly stories begin to reflect the ineffable mystery of my journey with a gentleman who remains a strong and constant wind in my life.
National Center for Atmospheric Research
I was invited to tour the National Center for Atmospheric Research along with a group of my students. The complex of buildings sits on a mesa at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado. This is the story. Celebrated, modernist architect I. M. Pei designed
Neighborhood Memories
Did you know that Professor earned a degree in Urban Planning? Once I learned this fact, I began to ask a lot of questions about neighborhoods, communities, towns, cities, and nations. I was blessed to receive information about enhancing the morality of a community, fortifying the entrance,
The Muscle of Compassion
Professor taught us to read chi, both personal chi and the chi of the environment. He helped us to elevate our yin/yang vision—the ability to “see through” something to its basic nature—to see the root of a chi imbalance, the truth of a child’s expression of fear,
The Writing on the Wall
On a windy, biting cold NYC morning, I missed the uptown bus. Shivering, I decided to walk as fast as I could. As I rushed along, something made me stop. I looked up to see a familiar, bright red circle high upon the wall. Had my teaching
The Yin and Yang of a Father’s Wisdom
Many people know Professor Lin as His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Lin Yun Rinpoche. The name Lin Yun was given to him by his father. He also had the given name of Lin Shi. We can see the wisdom of Professor’s father as we translate both “shi” and
Thoughts Upon Listening to Professor in 1999
Professor Lin stressed that Feng Shui will be very much needed as we move into the year 2000. He believes that the revolutionary, rapid pace of our developing technology presents a very real danger to living a balanced and nourishing life. He foresees that many will not be able
To Know Beyond All Understanding
Sometimes we know things. Sometimes we pay attention. How often do we take action? Sitting at a journalist’s kitchen table, we made an unexpected discovery that changed everything. When I mentioned the importance of windows and their relationship to the voice of a child (for an article
Worried About a Marine
Below is a letter from one of Professor’s students to His Holiness after her son was injured in Iraq. It is part of a collection of stories that I gathered as a gift for Professor on his birthday. I was honored to be with Billy and his mother in