Nine Yanas
Nov 1, 2020
A Gradual Path of Study & Practice Students join the Nine Yanas program and approach Vajrayana more gradually through more intensive study and contemplation. The first Six Yanas of the program include teachings, contemplation, and reflection exercises that unfold gradually. Within these three...
Read MoreHow 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 MoreEveryone Can Meditate: Caring for Our Minds
Oct 31, 2019
Tulku Migmar explains that Mindfulness is an exercise everyone can practice, notwithstanding their religion or...
Read MoreDefining Dharma: The Three Steps
Jan 12, 2016
Dharma means simply not doing bad actions, doing good actions, and taming or transforming the mind....
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
May 9, 2014
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
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...
Read MoreWisdom of Passing Sutra
Jun 18, 2013
Inspired by this special month and anniversary, I would like to share with you a short excerpt from a text entitled The Sage Who Dispels the Mind’s Anguish by the late Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche. In this short, pithy text Rinpoche...
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About Samye
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 aims to be to the digital world what Nalanda was to India and what Samye was to Tibet.