Analyzing Thoughts
The analysis of thought is very well-known in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. There are two methods for practicing. Sometimes it is described as an examination…
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Mahamudra Level Two
Principles of Practice This course focuses on insight or vipashyana meditation. It is recommended as a full-year (100 hours of practice) course. Who Should Take…
Breathing Exercises 4: Vajra Breathing
In this video, Phakchok Rinpoche introduces the practice of Vajra Breathing. This is an important instruction in the context of Mahamudra meditation t…
Tulku Migmar Visits the California Vietnamese Sangha
Tulku Migmar Tsering recently spent time with the Vietnamese sangha near Los Angeles. During his visit, he led the group in several days of puja…
How to Meditate Properly
In this teaching, generously sponsored by Samye's Indonesian Sangha, Tulku Migmar Tsering guides us through the essentials of Shamata (calm abiding) m…
How to Be Pure
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 …
Saga Dawa
Today’s Guru Rinpoche day is very special, because it falls within the month of Saga Dawa. In the Tibetan tradition, Saga Dawa is the month during w…
Defining Dharma: The Three Steps
Dharma means simply not doing bad actions, doing good actions, and taming or transforming the mind.
Mahamudra Retreat: Amrita of Essential Accomplishment
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 Illuminating Sun of Wisdom
As Buddhist practitioners, essentially the two qualities we are striving to develop are wisdom and compassion; wisdom and compassion that are as vast …
The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
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 Dharm…
Four Simple and Practical Points
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 poin…