Vajrayana Buddhism Association
Buddhism In the Nyingma Tradition
by Vivian Tsang
My teacher, Tam Shek-Wing, is a teacher following the Nyingma tradition. After translating one of his books, what still stands out after three years since its publication is his opening paragraph:
…Buddha taught prajñā pāramitā, which was later compiled into the Prajñā series in the Buddhist Canon.
Rooted in One Stroke – My Thoughts on the Arts
Tam Shek-Wing
Originally Chinese text appeared on Tam’s personal website, kankanwoo.com, March 7, 2019.
Many ask me about my views on painting. These days, many value the Western aesthetics over the Chinese one.…
Translator’s note: The original article was published on Tam’s personal website on Jan. 11, 2018.
Bharati is a student of mine. After reading what I wrote on the Einstein Archive, she wrote me a long letter. Along with the letter, she gave a book, Only Love is Real written by a psychiatrist, Brian Weiss.…
Translator’s Note: This article was a follow-up article by Master Tam on the Einstein archives. It was first posted on his personal website on Dec. 19, 2017.
The letter by Einstein, on the Buddha-within, I read it again and again.…
Translator’s Note: Master Tam Shek-Wing is a Nyingma master. He is the founder of Vajrayana Buddhism Association, with branches in Toronto, Vancouver, Hong Kong and Hawaii. He became a disciple of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche in 1972 and was ordained a Vajra Archarya in 1984.…
Translator Note: This article was originally published in Chinese in “The Teaching of Living and Dying” (生與死的禪法) by Master Tam. Taipei: Buddhall Publishing House, 2005. For those who are interested, you can read Tam’s recent article on the Einstein Archives, which makes a good companion piece to the current article.…
by Vivian Tsang
While the media, both online and traditional outlets, have been flooded with discussion on the recent U.S. presidential election, Master Tam has been relatively quiet on the matter. He is not known to be reticent on matters political, and he has in the past made known of his displeasure on the negative impact politicians have on people’s livelihood.…
In discussing the Buddhist practice, the word “expedience” tends to go hand-in-hand with “wisdom.” One slant of expedience can be seen as “appropriate to the situation,” as in, there exists a way that works for you. For example, a scientist, may tend to look at things the scientific way.…
Happy Spring. I hope people are enjoying the warmer weather. For those of us who live in Toronto, April may appear to be the cruellest month with the cold dampness but Spring is here.
On to some news. We will be running a session by Master Tam, the lineage master of our centre.…
Knowing people working at Google, a typical discussion topic is how Google handles users from all walks of life from all over the world. Search queries tend to be short and therefore rife with ambiguities. Judging the popularity of a website according to the number and quality of websites that are linked to it, a beauty contest of sorts for websites, can be effective and propelled Google to the top of all search engines.…
