Tibetan Buddhism

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Tibetan Buddhism

I want to talk about one of the great loves of my life: Tibetan Buddhism.

There are many strands of Buddhism.

And even within Tibetan Buddhism there are so many strands. But I am absolutely in love with them. I love everything about Tibetan Buddhism.

The prayer flags. The chanting. The temples. 

The statues.

The mantras. The message of pure, divine unconditional love. But of course that message of pure divine unconditional love is not unique to Buddhism or indeed any tradition.

It is who we are. 

It is what we already are. It is what we are. My journey with Tibetan Buddhism at least as far as I can remember started with a book called Feed Your Demons. My mum got it when I was fourteen.

I was recovering from a serious eating disorder; I have never said this before but I had anorexia in my teens - really serious life threatening anorexia - and recovering from that was definitely the start of an awakening. I feel so very lucky to be me.

I feel so very privileged. Because what could be more important in life than God? Everything in my life. 

The good things and the bad. Has brought me closer to myself. Our one true essential nature.

Because if you and I are the same oneness… then God must be that oneness too. Why? Because otherwise God would not be God. If God were finite and God were separate from me… then God would not be God. And if you and I are both the same thing as God is made of… then you and I must be the same thing. And therefore, there is only one

A cartoon yak in front of prayer flags

My meditation teacher once said that someone asked him what the difference between Tibetan Buddhism and non-duality was. 

He said that if you take away from Tibetan Buddhism everything that’s Tibetan and everything that’s Buddhist… then you have the same thing. I absolutely love that analogy. Because what stays in common is the love. What remains is the love. Call it what you will… what stays is the love.

My journey into Tibetan and so many other forms of Buddhism went on for so many years and probably in shapes and forms will always remain.

But now I just come back to out of it out of love. Because I love it… Because I enjoy it… But not really seeking anything. Because there is nothing really left more for us to seek. There is nothing to become. There is nothing for us to become. Thank you 
A photo of a canal and a building
Leeds canal


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