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Nine Yanas Courses
Path of Meditation Level Two

Phakchok Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche guides students to recognize the essence of thought and to distinguish mind from awareness.
The Noble Wisdom of the Time of Death Sutra

Phakchok Rinpoche
Using a classic Mahayana Sutra, Phakchok Rinpoche gives pithy practice advice covering five core topics on the Buddhist path.
Path of Meditation Level One

Phakchok Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche guides students through a year-long experiential meditation practice program.
The Seed of Supreme Awakening

Drupla Sonam Tsering
Teachings on the Seed of Supreme Awakening, the extensive Ngöndro of the Lamé Tukdrup Barché Künsel.
The 37 Bodhisattva Practices

Tulku Migmar Tsering
In this teaching series, Tulku Migmar Tsering provides detailed teaching and commentary on Gyalse Tokme Zangpo’s 37 Bodhisattva Practices.
Training in Compassion

drshlim
Dr. David Shlim gently guides us to make the connection between relaxed open mind and natural compassion.
Training the Mind

Phakchok Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche introduces a step-by-step approach to understanding how our minds function.
The Concise Sang Offering

Phakchok Rinpoche
This support program offers video and audio teachings on the Vajrayana practice of fragrant smoke offerings.
Tukdrub Barché Kunsel Ngöndro

Phakchok Rinpoche
The Four Foundations practices form the gateway for the Traditional Vajrayana path. Each element purifies the body, speech, and mind.
The Seven Points of Mind Training

Matthew Zalichin
In this course, Matthew Zalichin, resident teacher at Samye Hermitage New York, will lead students through the seminal text, The Seven Points of Mind Training, brought to Tibet by the great Atisha Dipamkara and committed to writing by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje.
The Nine Yanas: Shravakayana

Matthew Zalichin
Approach the Buddha’s teachings gradually, learning how to integrate study, reflection, and meditation.
Tibetan for Practitioners

Oriane
Guided by translator Oriane Lavole, this course helps students connect with the Tibetan language and its rich dharmic context.
Yoga Asanas for Sitting Meditation

Somananda Dharmanatha
Somānanda Yogi presents exercises designed to improve body pliancy from the Indian, Himalayan and South East Asian yogic traditions.
Mobility for Meditators

Neil Roberts
Trainer Neil Roberts presents a series of gentle stretches designed specifically to improve our mobility.
Teachings and Articles in the Nine Yanas Pathway
Nine Yanas · The Foundation · Vajrayana
Prostrations are a way of paying respect as well as a mindfulness practice. In this video filmed at Samye Hermitage New York in 2015, Tulku Migmar discusses the purpose of prostration and demonstrates three different techniques.
10 minutes
Nine Yanas
In this video teaching, Tulku Migmar Tsering explains the significance of compassion in Mahayana Buddhism.
13 minutes
Holistic Living · Meditation · Nine Yanas
In this audio teaching, Phakchok Rinpoche explains how renunciation means we should be detached, but not irresponsible. Every bodhisattva has renunciation, but that does not mean they are irresponsible.
8 minutes
Meditation · Nine Yanas
In this video teaching, Tulku Migmar Tsering discusses how we can rely on patience in our daily life. If we can learn how to tolerate difficult conditions without giving rise to anger, we are being patient.
25 minutes
Meditation · Nine Yanas
In this short video teaching, Tulku Migmar Tsering explains that when we correctly practice discipline, we maintain virtuous behavior and rid ourselves of negative habits.
14 minutes
Meditation · Nine Yanas
Generosity practice is the first of the six transcendental perfections or pāramitās. In this short teaching, Tulku Migmar Tsering first gives a clear definition of generosity in the Buddhist context.
9 minutes
Meditation · Nine Yanas
In the first of a series of short video teachings on the Six Pāramitās, Tulku Migmar Tsering introduces us to these important practices.
14 minutes
Nine Yanas · The Foundation · Vajrayana
In this brief presentation, Phakchok Rinpoche leads students step-by-step through the Four Mind Changings.
9 minutes
Ground, Path, and Fruition · Nine Yanas · Vajrayana
Positive qualities such as calmness and compassion can be developed through practicing meditation. In this teaching from a special Dharma-stream essentials series for Dawn of Dharma students, Phakchok Rinpoche explains the significance of morality and the positive qualities that help us in our practice.
28 minutes
Ground, Path, and Fruition · Nine Yanas · Vajrayana
Negative emotions are tricky to handle. In this teaching from a special essentials series for Dawn of Dharma students, Phakchok Rinpoche explains how to transform them.
32 minutes
Ground, Path, and Fruition · Nine Yanas · Vajrayana
The Six Paramitas are the conduct to be taken up on the Mahayana path. Phakchok Rinpoche introduces the Six Perfections that constitute the bodhisattva path—generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, meditation, and wisdom.
32 minutes
Ground, Path, and Fruition · Nine Yanas · Vajrayana
Buddha Dharma and Sangha are referred to in Buddhism as the Three Jewels. Phakchok Rinpoche explains what the terms mean and why they are thought of as precious and supreme.
28 minutes