Nine Yanas

Embodying Great Master Attitude

Phakchok RInpoche reminds us of the core of Buddhist practice: The transformation of mind and the realization of mind nature.

Four Qualities of Mind: Mind Nature

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

spiritual loneliness

Avoiding Spiritual Loneliness

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.

The Two Pramāṇas: An Overview

In this article, Alan Pope discusses the two instruments of knowledge (pramāṇas) of direct perception and inference.