We rejoice for those of you who participated in the Tsa Sum Tsok Bum, the conclusion of our series of eight global...
On this first Guru Rinpoche Day of the Tibetan Iron Ox year, Phakchok Rinpoche and Samye joyfully announce a series of three...
In the first month of the Tibetan year of the Iron Ox, Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us on Guru Rinpoche Day some...
Today, February 6, 2021, is the anniversary of Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche,...
The great activity of the Mahaguru Padmasambhava included concealing treasures for one...
Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters, Many thanks to all of you for...
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Phakchok Rinpoche sends out short inspiring teachings to all students via email on every Guru Rinpoche day. Rinpoche often uses these teachings to answer frequently asked questions. Also, he suggests topics that remind us to bring our minds home in the midst of our busy lives.
February 22, 2021
In the first month of the Tibetan year of the Iron Ox, Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us on Guru Rinpoche Day some short advice for practitioners from Kunkhyen Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche and correlates them with the Four Dharmas of Gampopa.
Read moreJanuary 23, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us a precious aspiration from Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal to be reborn in the Copper-Colored Mountain. It is a very practical and realisitc prayer which covers every step of the way to rebirth in the pure land.
Read moreDecember 24, 2020
For this Guru Rinpoche day, I would like to share with you Khandro Yeshé Tsogyel’s supplication to the Great Guru, or Mahā Guru, Padmasambhava. Yeshé Tsogyel made this prayer of aspiration, her heart filled with devotion, as the Mahā Guru was about to leave Tibet for Cāmara, the land of rākśasa demons.
Read moreMeditation needs to become continuous. Although we speak of meditation in terms of formal sessions and the post-meditation state, we ultimately will go beyond the division of these two.
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