Guru Rinpoche Day Teachings
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Phakchok Rinpoche sends out short teachings to all students via email on every Guru Rinpoche day. These messages are composed with the aspiration to inspire students. Rinpoche often uses these teachings to answer frequently asked questions. Also, he suggests topics that remind us to bring our minds home in the midst of our busy lives. Samye Institute maintains an archive of these teachings spanning the last 10 years.
Four Points & Dusum Sangye Supplication
There are four points I would like to remind you of on this Guru Rinpoche Day. 1. Bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment. This is so...
Five Dear Friends
Firstly on this Guru Rinpoche Day, I would like to share a short video in which I talk about the five dear friends that everybody...
Six Vajra Verses and Three Points of Practice
First of all, on this very auspicious Guru Rinpoche Day, I would like to share with you this short video in which I give some...
Four Qualities of Compassion
These days we often mistake what it’s meant to be a dharma practitioner. The heart of the buddhadharma is to tame one’s own mind, so...
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...
Four Points to Apply to Your Life
What I'd like to mention in today's message are a few points that apply both to the mundane world and the spiritual path....
Sunshine
In our lives, we need the spiritual path, meaning we need to practice. So please, be happy in whatever it is that you're doing; don't...
The Importance of Balance
What I would like to share with you on this auspicious Guru Rinpoche Day is a short contemplation on the importance of balance....
Three Short Points
On this Guru Rinpoche Day I would like to share three short points....
Success in Life
In order to be truly successful in life, we must have kind and caring mind, and especially a generous mind. Giving is important and when...
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...
Motivation, Mindfulness, and Discipline
It is really important that we practice the buddhadharma, and to do this we need a certain motivation: our motivation should be to attain enlightenment...