Four Immeasurables
All Buddhist traditions emphasize the importance of cultivating these positive mental states known as the four immeasurables, or the four boundless, o…
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Lesson Five: Transference
The essence of the instruction, briefly stated,is to apply yourself to the five strengths.The mahāyāna advice for transferenceInvolves the same five strengths. Conduct is important.…
Gyalsé Tokmé Zangpo
Gyalsé Tokmé Zangpo (1297-1371), also known as Gyalsé Ngulchu Tokmé, was born in Puljung, southwest of the Sakya Monastery in Tibet.
Vajra Gathering
A timeless quality of open ground continues, like an indestructible red thread, ready for us to acknowledge. To realize this nature, is to realize the…
Shantideva
According to the Tibetan historians Butön and Taranātha, Śāntideva (late 7th to mid-8th century CE) was a prince born in Saurāṣṭra, on the we…
Atisha
Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna was the second son in a royal house in eastern India. His birth name was Candragarbha. According to Tibetan sources…
Chimé Dorjé
Chimé Dorjé was the father of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and a renowned practitioner of Chöd (cutting or "severance" practice).
Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche IV
Kyabje Tsikey Chokling Mingyur Dewey Dorje, born in 1953 as the second son of Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was recognized and enthroned as the 4th aut…
Incarnation Line of Phakchok Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche’s emanation-basis comprises the Lord of Secrets Dharmevajra; Buddha Shakyamuni’s foremost disciple, the arhant Ananda; Padmasamb…
Tersé Gyurmé Tsewang Drakpa
Gyurmé Tsewang Drakpa (died c. 1888-9), also widely known as Wangchuk Dorjé, was an emanation of King Jah, and the great tertön Chokgyur Dechen Lin…
The Five Major Sciences
Tibetan thinkers usually group the first four sciences as “outer” or conventional (tha snyad) subjects while Buddhist philosophy is known as the …
Dharani and Mantra
Dhāraṇī and Mantra both may involve the holding or keeping in one’s mind particular aspects of the Dharma. These collections of sacred syllab…