ABOUT HEALTH STUDIES COLLEGIUM
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By: Dr. Russell Jaffe
Sam Dech Preah Bhanté Vira Bellong Dharmawara Mahatera was my principle life mentor and spiritual guide to many. As he sometimes said of himself, it took him 40 years to get sick followed by 40 years to get well. Then he could get started.
He decoded a non-invasive color healing system that forms an episode in this documentation and narrative, mostly from personal experience of a remarkable life and exemplary human being. In recent years, many have told me that the few minutes that they had with Bhanté were ‘life changing’ in the sense of being guided to meaningful work in harmony with their highest potential and aspirations.
This is by way of introducing a man who lived a life of Buddhic qualities, touched the lives of many and, by example, mentored many in the art of living.
The arc of this narrative starts near the completion of his life. In 1996, when he was 107, he and I shared an experience starting with his being held hostage by a monk whom he had ordained. His captor wanted Bhanté to sign the deed to the Ashoka Mission in the Meroli district of Delhi on land given him by Prime Minister Jaharawal lal Nehru for his service to India.
Next, I’ll recount my meeting with him at his birthday celebration at the Buddhist Vihara in Oxon Hill, Maryland in 1978. From meeting to becoming an acolyte of a color healing system given by Gautama Buddha, practiced for 500 years, lost for near two millennia and decoded by Bhanté.
Another anecdote is my conversation with Rev Dr Bob Leichtman about Bhanté.
From roughly age 40 to 80 he became a Mahathera, recognized by all Buddhist major denominations, Mahayana, Hinayana, Theravade, and Zen. By 80 he felt and functioned well, followed by three decades of sage-ing, mentoring, and inspiring.
During the last season of his life, it was my privilege to attend a number of his introductory vipassina retreats. Commonweal in Bolinas, California twice and once at Josh Reynold’s family estate near Asheville, NC — each was two weeks. The instructions simply were to spend the next two weeks in silence. If you need guidance, you can talk to Bhanté. The simply elegant and elegantly simple structure can be described. The experiences observed personally would fill a book or make a better movie.
Among the dozens of meaningful moments with Bhanté included in this narrative are:
Sam dech Preah Bhanté Vira Bellong Dharmawara Mahathera, an homage
Missing Bhanté for a year and then meeting at his birthday party by serendipity
Commonweal (Bolinas, CA) Vipassana mindfulness retreats with Bhante
RMJ Bhante #5 Oriental Practice SUNY
Buddhist Ceremony between Russ and Rebecca by Bhanté
HH 14th Dalai Lama- Tu Evening JFK airport Air India Terminal
RMJ Bhante #8 Sky and Anna receive names
Bhanté traveling over Memorial Day weekend to LA via BWI
Bhanté recovers from a stroke at Alan Stein’s home in Potomac, Maryland
RMJ Bhanté #11 Meet HH on Capitol Hill
Bhanté founds the Institute for Buddhology
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Bhanté and Stockton zoning variance… cultural center
Bhanté and Judy Skutch’s tooth in Tiburon
Bhanté and Buddhist relationship ceremony at Vienna, Virginia house
Bhanté and resolving to leave government service
Bhanté and languages from Sanskrit to Cambodian, French, German, Italian
Spanish, Hindi, English, Greek and Latin
Bhanté and Billy Meier confirmed by Phobol
Bhanté in residence at Georgetown University while Phobol in graduate school
Bhanté and John Vasconcellos at Dorothy Lyton’s house in San José
Thanksgiving ceremony after recovery from coma
Bhanté Richard Kyle in Rochester NY
Bhanté and Sky Rocket, peace maker
Bhanté and Stockton school shooting
Bhanté and Governor Jerry Brown
Bhanté and Ed Pejack : Nimbu, Stockton
Bhanté and Michael Lerner Vipassana cources at Commonweal
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[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”13px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]- Doc Talk – Dr. Russell Jaffe and Dr. Susan Brown discuss Vitamin D and Bone Health
- Bhanté meeting HH the Dalai Lama on Capitol Hill
- Bhanté recovers from a stroke at Alan Stein’s home in Potomac, Maryland
- Bhanté traveling over Memorial Day weekend to LA via BWI
- Buddhist Ceremony between Russ and Rebecca by Bhanté
- Missing Bhanté for a year and then meeting at his birthday party by serendipity
- Sam dech Preah Bhanté Vira Bellong Dharmawara Mahathera, an homage
- Bhante’s Kidnap in India 1996
- Introduction: Dr. Carl Franzblau
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- Proactive Primary Prevention: Evidence of Savings Through Use of Supplements to Treat Dietary Deficiencies
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- The Alkaline Way: Integrative Management of Autoimmune Conditions
- Inflammation is Repair Deficit
- First Line Comprehensive Care. Part II: Anthropogenic Xenobiotics in Functional Medicine
- Xenobiotics: Managing Toxic Metals, Biocides, Hormone Mimics, Solvents, and Chemical Disruptors
- Tolerance Loss in Diabetics: Association with Foreign Antigen Exposure
- Proactive Prevention Adds Value
- Healthcare – A Comprehensive View
- Biotic Relations
- The Serotonin Connection
- C Calibration Protocol
- Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease: The Alkaline Way in Digestive Health
- Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease: Functional Assessment of Gastrointestinal Health
- Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease: Cardioprotective Nutrients
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