Student Pathways

Holistic Living

Regardless of our background, age, and way of life, all human beings long for true happiness, a sense of mental ease and well-being, and to be free from suffering. Here we share methods derived from 2,500 years of the Buddha’s teachings that can help us all to achieve spacious minds, a sense of ease, kind hearts, dignity, and deep contentment.

Holistic Living Sub-Pathways

Holistic Living Courses

drshlim
Dr. David Shlim gently guides us to make the connection between relaxed open mind and natural compassion.
Somananda Dharmanatha
Somānanda Yogi presents exercises designed to improve body pliancy from the Indian, Himalayan and South East Asian yogic traditions.
Neil Roberts
Trainer Neil Roberts presents a series of gentle stretches designed specifically to improve our mobility.

Teachings and Articles in the Holistic Living Pathway

88 minutes

Deeply Satisfied

Phakchok Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche taught in December 2023 in Taiwan, offering important advice from his recent book, Awakening Dignity. In this video, Rinpoche discusses how many people...
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88 minutes
21 minutes

Understanding the All-ground Consciousness and Afflictions

Tulku Migmar Tsering
In this video, Tulku Migmar explains the function of the all-ground consciousness. The five sense consciousnesses derive from the all-ground consciousness....
video
21 minutes
101 minutes

Awakening Dignity: Lighting Three Lamps to Return to Your True Home

Phakchok Rinpoche
In this video from a public audience in Taiwan in December 2023, Phakchok Rinpoche explains that we need to believe that our pure nature...
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101 minutes
Five Negative Emotions
20 minutes

Five Negative Emotions

Phakchok Rinpoche
Five negative emotions cause us so many problems. In this audio clip, Phakchok Rinpoche explains how the Buddha taught about the mind and about actions. Rinpoche...
audio
20 minutes
81 minutes

The Power of the Authentic Self (Awakening Dignity)

Phakchok Rinpoche
In this teaching, Phakchok Rinpoche stresses the pure nature of our minds. If we are interested in practicing meditation, we must understand our nature is...
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81 minutes
13 minutes

Mindfulness Means Reminding

Phakchok Rinpoche
Mindfulness means reminding ourselves about how to behave and think. Phakchok Rinpoche gives instructions on how to understand mindfulness as a whole package....
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13 minutes
1 minutes

Extending Mindfulness: How to Train

Phakchok Rinpoche
Extending mindfulness is a type of training. How do we maintain? Phakchok Rinpoche in this video explains that extending is a skill that we need...
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1 minutes
116 minutes

Facing Death Through Awakening Dignity

Phakchok Rinpoche
In this video, Phakchok Rinpoche offers four simple exercises that we can practice in our daily lives....
video
116 minutes

Spanish Edition of Awakening Dignity

Samye Institute is delighted to announce the publication of the Spanish edition of Phakchok Rinpoche’s book, Awakening Dignity. Published by the Spanish publishing house Kairós,…

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Q&A with Phakchok Rinpoche in the Spanish Press

The Spanish daily newspaper La Vanguardia made a Q&A video with Phakchok Rinpoche during his visit to Barcelona, Spain in September. This video was recently…

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5 minutes

Why Should We Believe in Karma?

Phakchok Rinpoche
In this video, Phakchok Rinpoche explains how a belief in karma helps us maintain an ethical buffer zone....
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5 minutes
4 minutes

Anger Exercise: No-Oxygen Breathing Technique

Phakchok Rinpoche
In this video, Phakchok Rinpoche introduces "no-oxygen breathing", a simple technique for reducing our anger....
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4 minutes