About the Author
Hi!
My name is Marsha Camblin and I live in Denver, Colorado. What
inspired me to build this website? In 1999 I decided to teach
myself HTML. So I needed to practice building a website and I
selected Buddhism as a topic. Actually, initially the topic
was to be Indigenous People - that's why I have the banner Red Dawn.
Red Dawn was actually a name given to my by my Nakota teacher. Over
time is has changed to an all Buddhist site so now I need to
create a new banner (work in progress) reflecting this shift.
At the time I was just beginning to learn much more about
Tibetan Buddhism which had fascinated me for years. I was raised
Episcopalian and no one in my family or group of friends
was a Buddhist. But, I always had a profound respect for the Dalai
Lama. Perhaps it was a past life thing.
Then the drummer where I did Dances of Universal Peace, Gregory Long,
started offering meditation training and I started on the path.
Gregory practiced Shambhala meditation in the tradition of Trungpa
Rinpoche.
One of the first books I read about Buddhism was written
by a woman named Tsultrim Alione and was titled
Women of Wisdom.
I loved this book and later discovered that she actually lives in
Pagosa Springs, Colorado where she has a retreat center called Tara
Mandala.
In June of 2000 I was blessed to study the Lam Rim with His Holiness
the Dalai Lama in Los Angeles. The teachings were entitled Atisha's
Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment. At the end of the teaching he
gave us all the White Tara empowerment. I wanted the Dalai Lama for
a root teacher, but found out that he has such a huge following that
he does not take many personal students. So my search for my
personal teacher began.
I started reading everything I could find on Buddhism. For some reason
even though I had a wonderful experience at the Great Stupa of Darmakaya
in Red Feathers Lake, Colorado, I was not very attracted to the Shambhala
tradition. That would have been much too easy as there
are an abundance of teachings in this tradition in Colorado since Trungpa
Rinpoche had started Naropa Institute in Boulder.
My mother died shortly after I returned from Los Angeles in October of 2000.
After mom died I was in a car accident in which I broke my ACL in my
knee. This lead to a year long of surgery and physical therapy. I was
not able to start work at a new job because after the accident I needed
to go to physical therapy three days a week for a year. No new employer
was likely to give me that much time off of work!
This was pretty much a forced retreat. So I spent my days reading
everything I could get my hands on about Tibetan Buddhism. I realized that
there were likely to be many people in the world with an interest in
Buddhism who would like to learn the basics. So for each new thing
I learned I developed a page on my website so that others could learn
as well.
When the Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, escaped from China in January of 2000
I was so excited that I decided to report about this wonderful news on the
very first page I created on this website.
In the beginning I intended the site to be about all indigenous people.
I had studied with a Nakota man for many years and have a great deal
of respect for all indigenous people. I actually named the website
Red Dawn because I received the name Red Dawn from the man who gave me
my pipe, Grey Owl. The Nakota words for Red Dawn are Anpao Duta. Over
time the site just became more and more focused on Buddhism. I need to
rename it one of these days and create a banner that reflects the Buddhist
focus of the site better. Being a webmaster is an ongoing process which
requires constant updating of the site.
Later I began to offer a newsletter, which at first was called Ziji, but
was later renamed the Peace and Loving Kindness News. Then
when I became aware of blogging in 2005, I started a blog called the
Wisdom Loving Mother.
The name originated from my primary Buddhist practice of Sherab Chamma or
Wisdom Loving Mother.
My Buddhist studies have included taking refuge from Thrangu Rinpoche
in Crestone, Colorado. Thrangu Rinpoche is the tutor of the Karmapa and
is of the Kagyu lineage.
Right after I returned from the Lam Rim teachings
I visited Tara Mandala and received the 'Three Words That Strike at the
Heart' from Lama Wangdor. This was a major turning point for me. Although
I have not seen Lama Wangdor again, I am very grateful for
having received this pointing out!
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During that year of reading one book that profoundly effected
me was
Beyond the Sky and the Earth by Jamie Zeppa. This was when I
determined that I wanted to travel to Bhutan. It took several years,
after my recovery, but I finally did achieve this dream and
visited Bhutan. I was there during
Losar (Tibetan New Year) of 2005. What a dream come true! Some day
I hope to go back. The highlight of the trip was visiting the Tiger's
Nest, the cave of Padmasambava also known as Taksang.
In 2001 I received the Nyinghma ngondro in the Pemalingpa lineage from
Gangteng Rinpoche. Then I took several dzogchen teachings from Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche from the Yungdrung Bon tradition.
I received the Kalachakra initiation in May, 2004 in Toronto, Canada
from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In November 2004 I received the A-Krid
ngondro from His Holiness Menri Trizin Lungtok Tenpai Nyima at Headlands
Institute in Sausalito, CA.
There have been various other lamas and teachings along the way. In 2005 I visited
Bhutan and also Nepal. While in Kathmandu I was introduced to Lopon Tenzin Namdak.And I
attended his 80th birthday celebration.
As I said I taught myself HTML and have always done my programming
the hard way by hand. But one of the most helpful things I did early on was to
purchase an ebook called
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The reason I created this page was to educate the public in some of
the basics of Tibetan Buddhism. I noticed that most of the websites
only told you a little about a particular lama and what events were
upcoming.
I saw a need to offer people some information in one place which took
me a long time to pull together from various places. I do not set myself up
as a "teacher", because you really need to find a root lama to study
with and to receive empowerments in a particular lineage. But I still
saw a need for information on-line for students doing research on Buddhism
to get some of the basics. So that is what I try to offer here. I
hope you enjoy it!
I developed this website initially during a year when I was stuck at home because of an injury from a car accident. But there are many other reasons to start a website such as retirement. Retirement doesn't have to mean boredom, inactivity, and lower income. It really means freedom to try something new, explore new challenges, and earn a nice income in the process! SBI! has turned so many lives from unemployed despair to happy independence.
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You will be glad you found out about this!
I wouldn't recommend it if I didn't know it will work
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personal interest in. Be sure it is one your are fired up about.
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