Tulku Migmar Tsering is a master of the Chokling New Treasures lineage of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Tulu-la completed a three-year retreat under the close guidance of his root guru, Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and then went on to study for six years in the Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Shedra or Monastic College. Phakchok Rinpoche has appointed him the senior lama and supporting teacher for his sangha based upon his wonderful qualities as a lama and his strong capacity and desire to help others.
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Preparing to Die, Learning to Live
Apr 3, 2021
In “Preparing to Die, Learning to Live,” Tulku Migmar discusses how preparing to die is fundamentally about how we live. When we live with aims like accumulation of wealth, and we have a lot of attachments, facing death can be...
Read MoreThe Eight Worldly Dharmas
Nov 10, 2020
What determines the success of our Dharma practice is our own mind, and the eight worldly concerns are what keep us from authentic Dharma practice. Worldliness means we seek to gain protection from what we fear and to gain happiness,...
Read MoreHow to Become Radically Happy
Jul 14, 2020
Buddha Subhasita Broadcast Program Jakarta, Indonesia June 20th, 2020 by Emi Theng and Marcela Lopez. Photos by Emi Theng. In one way or another, everyone wishes to be happy. This is what...
Read MoreBuddha-Nature: Hidden Treasure, Buried Diamond
Dec 5, 2019
Buddha-nature can be understood by using classical analogies. We may have heard teachers say that every being has buddha-nature. And yet, we remain skeptical. We don’t see the evidence of this around...
Read MoreUnderstand Ignorance to Reveal Buddha-Nature
Nov 21, 2019
Understand ignorance. Why would we need to do that if we are studying our minds? Most of us come to meditation retreats or Buddhist teachings because we are searching for answers. We know that we are unhappy, or anxious, or...
Read MoreRepeated Placement: Once Again Resting the Mind
Nov 14, 2019
Repeated Placement is the third stage of our calm abiding meditation. In shamatha meditation, our practice proceeds gradually so that we are able to quickly recognize when our attention wanders off. Here, Tulku Migmar Tsering explains how repeated placement works.Repeated...
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 shamatha meditation, we're gradually retraining our minds. When we practice continuous placement we don't have more thoughts than we had before. In...
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 MoreMeditation Training With Focus
Oct 17, 2019
"Meditation training with focus" takes many forms. As we begin to build a habit of mindfulness, we can use one or more of these techniques. For example, in a meditation session or sometime in our day, we may...
Read MoreCultivating New Habits for Busy Minds
Oct 10, 2019
When we hear the word "meditation" we may think that we can't keep still for an hour and be calm. But, as Tulku Migmar as explains here, the point of meditation is the process itself. When we meditate we are...
Read MoreNew Book Launch
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