Five Finger Motivation
Phakchok Rinpoche
April 13, 2023
As Mahāyāna Buddhist practitioners, we are repeatedly encouraged to check our motivation. All the great masters teach that we should begin each practice session by
Path of Meditation
What is Mindfulness?
Samye Institute
March 3, 2023
In this teaching, Phakchok Rinpoche discusses “mindfulness” in the Buddhist tradition, which includes evaluating our experience against the ethical structure of the Ten Nonvirtues
Four Qualities of Mind: Mind Nature
Phakchok Rinpoche
December 15, 2022
Phakchok Rinpoche explains the purpose of our meditation practice. Here he stresses that we can familiarize ourselves through direct experience with the four qualities of
Avoiding Spiritual Loneliness
Phakchok Rinpoche
December 15, 2022
Phakchok Rinpoche encourages us to meditate correctly every morning. Don’t meditate like a dead tree! That means that we are approaching the session alone.
Rituals at Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centers
Hilary Herdman
February 27, 2022
Rituals at Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centers can delight, intrigue, and/or confuse newcomers. Here we offer some brief guidelines for the curious onlooker.
How to Meditate Properly
Tulku Migmar Tsering
November 30, 2021
This teaching continues the series generously sponsored by Samye’s Indonesian Sangha. In this recording, Tulku Migmar Tsering talks about how to effectively practice meditation during
How to Meditate in Difficult Times
Tulku Migmar Tsering
November 3, 2021
This teaching continues the series generously sponsored by Samye’s Indonesian Sangha. In this recording, Tulku Migmar Tsering talks about how to effectively practice meditation during
Multiplying Effects: Five Ways of Multiplying Merit
Phakchok Rinpoche
July 1, 2021
Practitioners should take advantage of all opportunities to increase the accumulation of merit easily and swiftly. We need to know how to magnify our virtues.
Preparing to Die, Learning to Live
Tulku Migmar Tsering
April 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
Maintaining Meditation Discipline
Phakchok Rinpoche
March 30, 2021
In this excerpt from “In the Footsteps of Bodhisattvas”, Phakchok Rinpoche discusses discipline, and how it is essential to a strong meditation practice.
