Samye is a place where students from all corners of the globe explore how to work with their minds in order to lead meaningful lives. Drawing from authentic Buddhist wisdom traditions, our online platform offers live teachings, structured courses, interactive forums, and community for the digital Dharma sangha.
Samye Institute, under the spiritual direction of Phakchok Rinpoche, aims to be to the digital world what Nalanda was to India and what Samye was to Tibet.
Browse our foundational topics, which provide a solid basis for all Dharma practice
Samye’s recommended articles that cover the essentials of Dharma practice.
Negative emotions can be destructive to our relationships and hinder our progress on the path.
Please browse our growing library of resources to help you deal with your emotions and live a happier, more meaningful life!
Links directly to tag archives to show posts that are tagged with each emotion
Samye Institute is delighted to announce our Senior Lama Teachings series, a program of on-line teachings and question and answer sessions featuring our learned Druplas and Khenpos.
Samye Institute, under the guidance of Phakchok Rinpoche provides support, education and community for whichever pathway you are focusing on.
Browse our growing catalogue of courses and support programs.
Samye is more than just online Dharma teachings, we also have a global network of local groups & Dharma centers.
Find out more about our community activities & groups.
Dharma-stream is a series of regular video teachings directly from Phakchok Rinpoche, designed to be viewed in a group setting.
Rinpoche has produced several video series’. These teachings are presented in a step-by-step manner, becoming more and more profound over time.
There are many groups in location around the world. If there is no group near you, we can provide support and guidance to help you start one.
The latest posts, updates and announcement from our global community
Noble Living, Noble Caring and Noble Dying describes the outlook we can bring to our human experience. This resource center is the result of many conversations with Phakchok Rinpoche, Tulku Migmar, and experts in the caring profession. We invite you to explore how our Buddhist practice informs our living, caring, and dying so that they are noble: filled with dignity and grace.
We’ve curated posts for you, based on topics of ritual, devotion, buddha nature, and more.
On certain auspicious days, Samye Institute invites you to join us as we meditate collectively. You can find visualization aids to support your practice in our chant library and record the minutes you spend in meditation. Please refer to the instructions in the featured post to the right.
To date, our global sangha has accumulated over 31 hours of collective meditation! We rejoice in the merit!
In Tibetan Buddhism, the new moon is an auspicious time for the accumulation of merit and wisdom. This month, the new moon falls on December 4th. Therefore, Tibetan Buddhists traditionally use this
Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche was born in 1981 and is a lineage holder of the Profound Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa from the Nyingma School of Early Translations and one of the throne-holders of the Riwoche Taklung Kagyu Lineage. Phakchok Rinpoche’s primary root gurus are his grandfather, the late Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and late Kyabje Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche.
Phakchok Rinpoche sends out short teachings to all students via email on every Guru Rinpoche Day.
If we maintain the realization of the empty nature, we maintain all of the powers and qualities of the Buddha. Buddha-fields, which are inseparable from the mind’s nature, unfold wherever there is a buddha. If we maintain this realization, pure compassion radiates outward to all sentient beings.
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Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, trans. and ed. by Gyurme Dorje and Matthew Kapstein (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1991), vol. 1, pages 468–474.
Ngawang Zangpo, Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002.
Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage, trans. Richard Barron (Junction City: Padma Publishing, 2005), pages 41–48.
Padmasambhava, Legend of the Great Stupa, Berkeley: Dharma Publishing, 1973
Padmasambhava & Jamgön Kongtrul, The Light of Wisdom, trans. by Erik Pema Kunsang (Boudhanath: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1986-1999), pages 43-47 & Appendix 5.
Taranatha, The Life of Padmasambhava, Shang Shung Edizioni, 2005
Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles, Shambhala, 1996.
Yeshe Tsogyal, Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava, translated by Kenneth Douglas and Gwendolyn Bays (Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, 1978, republished 2008).
Yeshe Tsogyal, Lotus Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2004.
‘The Life of Guru Padmasambhava’ in A Great Treasure of Blessings, The Tertön Sogyal Trust, 2004.
