Vajrayana Membership
Prostrations in the Ngöndro: Tulku Migmar in Vietnam
In this teaching, Tulku Migmar begins to discuss the inner Ngöndro practices by teaching on making prostrations in the Ngöndro.
May 8, 2023
Samye Institute Team
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Vajrayana Membership
Can We Become Enlightened? Absolutely!
Rinpoche encourages us by showing that we can all achieve enlightenment, we just have to gather the right conditions for fruition.
March 24, 2023
Vajrayana Membership
Do We Really Need a Teacher?
In this teaching, learn from Phakchok Rinpoche about the importance of a qualified Vajrayana teacher.
March 24, 2023
Vajrayana Membership
Stories of the Great Masters
Phakchok Rinpoche shares stories of the lineage masters of the past and why we invoke their realization in our lineage supplications.
March 22, 2023
Vajrayana
Teaching on Sur Offering
This this video teaching, Tulku Migmar Tsering demonstrates the correct way of practicing the white and red Sur offering revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa.
December 17, 2022
Buddhist Philosophy
Remembering the Buddha on Saga Dawa Duchen
Remembering the Buddha on Saga Dawa Duchen—his birth, enlightenment, and parinirvāṇa—means an opportunity to practice joyfully. We can take a pause from our busy concerns and reflect on the timeless message of the Buddha’s teaching. Samye Institute invites you to join us in celebrating this day.
June 14, 2022
Wisdom Spotlight
Building Better Habits
On this auspicious full moon day, we look forward to the Tibetan Lunar New Year on March 3, 2022. As we do so, the team at Samye Institute aspires to encourage all of us to build virtuous and meaningful habits in this Water-Tiger year.
February 16, 2022
Buddhist Philosophy
Tibetan Losar: New Year, New Habit!
The best way to welcome the New Year is to begin a new positive habit. In Tibetan, the word gom that we usually translate as “meditation”, more accurately means to “habituate” or “to become used to”. And that’s what a habit is—something we do easily and almost spontaneously.
February 15, 2022
Holistic Living
All I Want for Christmas is… More Compassion for Everyone!
This Christmas Season, Samye Institute was delighted to host Dr. David Shlim’s teaching called “All I Want for Christmas is… More Compassion for Everyone!”
December 22, 2021
Vajrayana
Tsok Bum & Annual Puja: One Hundred-Thousand Tsok Offerings of Guru Tsokyé Nyingtik (The Lake-Born Guru’s Heart Essence)
Learn more about the Guru Tsokyé Nyingtik (The Lake-Born Guru’s Heart Essence) Tsok Bum puja, held on November 14th, 2021
November 13, 2021
