How to Be Pure -
Jun 30, 2020
Phakchok Rinpoche talks about the quality of having a calm, relaxed mind state and being content. In order to have contentment, one needs to meditate with dignity. Rinpoche also highlights the importance of choosing proper role models to inspire us...
Read MoreSaga Dawa -
Jun 1, 2020
Wonderful advice with key points to remember during the month of Saga...
Read MoreRepeated Placement: Once Again Resting the Mind -
Nov 14, 2019
Repeated Placement is the third stage of our calm abiding meditation. In shamata meditation, our practice proceeds gradually so that we are able to quickly recognize when our attention wanders off. Here,...
Read MoreContinuous Placement in Meditation: Bring Back the Mind -
Nov 7, 2019
Continuous placement, or establishing continuity, is the second stage of calm abiding meditation. When we practice calm abiding, or shamata meditation, we’re gradually retraining our minds. In the second part of his...
Read MoreEveryone Can Meditate: Caring for Our Minds -
Oct 31, 2019
Everyone can meditate to care for our minds and to reduce suffering. In this short video teaching, Tulku Migmar Tsering explains that meditation is a broad term encompassing many stages. Classically we...
Read MoreDefining Dharma: The Three Steps -
Jan 12, 2016
Defining Dharma Phakchok Rinpoche gives a clear presentation of the core principles of the Dharma. In this audio teaching, he reminds us of the core principles –and asks us to use these...
Read MoreMahamudra Retreat: Amrita of Essential Accomplishment -
Sep 15, 2015
Our teacher, the precious Buddha, taught a great variety of different paths and gave many different teachings. One of these was Mahamudra, the Great Seal, the essence and peak of all dharma teachings, the supreme path of practice which leads...
Read MoreThe Illuminating Sun of Wisdom -
Jun 26, 2015
As Buddhist practitioners, essentially the two qualities we are striving to develop are wisdom and compassion; wisdom and compassion that are as vast and unmovable as the sky, as stable as a mountain, and as bright as the...
Read MoreThe Four Dharmas of Gampopa + Video -
May 9, 2014
Dear Friends Near and Far, Firstly, on this Guru Rinpoche Day, I would like to share a personal video message. Secondly, I would also like to share some points on The Four Dharmas of Gampopa, also known as The Four Dharmas of...
Read MoreFour Simple and Practical Points -
Nov 12, 2013
Dear Friends Near and Far, With warm greetings to you all this wonderful Guru Rinpoche Day of the ninth Tibetan month, today I would like to share four simple and practical points:...
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