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 MoreSeeing the Buddha, Becoming the Buddha: Formal Meditation Instruction from Phakchok Rinpoche
Nov 12, 2020
Within In the Footsteps of Bodhisattvas, Phakchok Rinpoche clearly shows how genuine meditation is contingent upon bringing together many supportive conditions. However, Rinpoche also articulates methods for contained formal sessions that are effective, profound, and transformative....
Read MoreOn Forgetting
Oct 27, 2020
Phakchok Rinpoche teaches that if we are holding any anger, we are not free. When you’re even mildly annoyed at someone, the mind is disturbed and there is some pain. When you are holding on to a twenty-year grudge, you...
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 MoreOpening the Door to Authentic Meditation
Oct 16, 2020
The profound equality of all beings is only known in the moment in which ‘I’ no longer exists. Only through the recognition of emptiness is there stainless compassion. This stainless compassion, inseparable...
Read MoreNew Book Launch
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