The Buddhist Science of Logic
May 5, 2021
One of the most important terms in Buddhism is avidyā or “ignorance,” a Sanskrit word that literally means “not knowing,” from one of the many Sanskrit roots that means “know” (vid, which...
Read MorePreparing 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 MoreRelying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 2): Immeasurable Loving-Kindness
Apr 16, 2020
By Erric Solomon The practice of the Four Immeasurable Qualities—Equanimity, Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy— is common to all Buddhist traditions of practice. For our great tradition of Mahayana, they are the...
Read MoreRelying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 1): Immeasurable Equanimity
Apr 9, 2020
By Erric Solomon During turbulent periods of crises, I find it really helpful to go to the heart of the teachings of the Buddhadharma. By remembering to bring forth the essential teachings...
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 MorePatience: Practicing the Pāramitās in Daily Life, Part Four
Sep 19, 2019
Patience comes into play when we encounter anger or difficult outside circumstances. This third of the six transcendental perfections, or pāramitās, helps us to remain stable as we face problems in mundane life and in spiritual practice. Here, Tulku Migmar...
Read MoreDiscipline: Practicing the Pāramitās in Daily Life, Part Three
Sep 15, 2019
Discipline in the Buddhist context involves monitoring our own behavior so that we do not harm others or ourselves. We behave the way we really want the world to be, rather than behaving...
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