All posts by Phakchok Rinpoche
Maintaining Meditation Discipline
Mar 30, 2021
Although we often understand discipline to refer to the actions of the body and the quality of our speech, Phakchok Rinpoche reminds us that the origin of true discipline is the mind....
Read MoreSupreme Mind Training
Mar 23, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us some of Atisha's Root Verses on Training the mind. This supreme mindtraining offers clear, simple and straightforward advice to anyone who wishes to practice or just improve their lives by changing their way of thinking...
Read MoreKunkhyen Jamgön Mipham Rinpoché’s Advice for Beginners
Feb 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...
Read MoreA Message from Phakchok Rinpoche in Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Feb 6, 2021
Today, February 6, 2021, is the anniversary of Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, the great-grandson of the great treasure revealer, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa. Rinpoche was an emanation of Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé, one of...
Read MoreA Message from Phakchok Rinpoche on the 49th Day of the Memorial Puja of Kyabje Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche
Feb 5, 2021
The great activity of the Mahaguru Padmasambhava included concealing treasures for one hundred great treasure revealers. The last of the hundred great treasure revealers was Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, whose parinirvana was 150 years ago. Chokgyur Lingpa benefitted countless practitioners because...
Read MorePrayer for Rebirth in the Copper-Colored Mountain of Glory
Jan 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...
Read MoreKhandro Yeshé Tsogyel’s Prayer to Guru Rinpoche
Dec 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...
Read MorePrincess Mandarava’s Prayer to Guru Rinpoche
Nov 24, 2020
Phakchok Rinpoche shares a supplication from Princess Mandarava to Guru Rinpoche in order to inspire us in our devotional...
Read MoreSustain the Treasure of Samadhi
Oct 26, 2020
Phakchok Rinpoche shares a little bit of his new book, "In the Footsteps of Bodhisattvas", in which he teaches how the essence of meditation naturally arises when we properly line-up the right conditions within our...
Read MorePractice Advice from the Third Phakchok Rinpoche, Chöying Lhündrup, Part Two
Sep 25, 2020
Today we continue with the “Ten Key Instructions on Following the Sublime Way” by my previous incarnation, the 17th throne-holder of Kham Riwoché, the Third Phakchok Rinpoche, Chöying...
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