Engage with other sangha members here by reading and sharing reflections and discussing areas of interest to you. We all benefit from exchanging ideas and cultivating spiritual friendships. If you’re looking for inspiration, your fellow practitioners can help you feel supported and less alone! Do you have concerns about balancing practice and daily life? Here’s a place to turn for suggestions and encouragement.
Radically Loving – Transcending Anxiety and Stress
Sep 29, 2020
Helen attended a three-day webinar retreat, Radically Loving – Transcending Anxiety and Stress, with Erric Solomon. I have just received the book, Radically Happy: A User’s Guide to the Mind (by Phakchok...
Read MoreTaking Obstacles Onto the Path
Sep 20, 2020
About two years ago we suffered the sudden loss of family member due to suicide. It really rocked our family. For the most part, everyone in the family handled the loss with...
Read MoreStudent Reflections on Gomde Cooperstown’s Virtual Retreats – May 23 to June 1, 2020
Aug 6, 2020
Are you curious about what an online retreat is like? What type of experience can you expect? Is it beneficial? Recently, over two hundred and fifty people from seventeen countries around the...
Read MoreMariam’s Playground
Apr 21, 2020
Right now, as a result of this pandemic crisis, many people are navigating through loss of some kind, whether it be jobs, security, or loved ones. This is a difficult and collective...
Read MoreAnxiety and Meditation on Campus—Then and Now
Mar 31, 2020
Anxiety is widely reported to be the number one psychological challenge among students today, and in a recent survey, 97% of students reported technological distractions are a problem both inside and beyond the classroom. Any faculty member can confirm...
Read MoreForgetting the Goal: A Lesson on Hope and Despair
Feb 13, 2020
By: Jamie Gaddy Hope and Despair: What does it mean to hope? Losing hope, or falling into despair, on the spiritual path is a deeply painful and penetrative experience. What does it...
Read MoreA Dharmic Journey in Facing Cancer
Jan 23, 2020
By Wiyono Gunawan (pictured above in the middle, with his spiritual family before his operation at his home town, December 2017) This reflection has been translated and edited for better clarity. The...
Read MoreRadically Happy in Vienna and Everywhere
Jan 16, 2020
Last year in September 2018, at Gomde Germany-Austria located in the beautiful Austrian Alps, I met Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon for the first time. They introduced the newly-released book “Radically Happy.”...
Read MoreLate Summer Reflections
Aug 29, 2019
It is the first evening of the Mahamudra retreat (July 2019) at bucolic Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, and a dozen or so sangha members have gathered in the meditation hall, aka: the barn....
Read MoreUllambana: The Hungry Ghost Month
Aug 22, 2019
What is Ullambana, or the Hungry Ghost Month? In Chinese culture, commonly known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, the practice of burning extensive offerings made of joss papers to appease hungry ghosts...
Read MoreNew Book Launch
About Samye
Samye is a place where students from all corners of the globe explore how to work with their minds in order to lead meaningful lives. Drawing from authentic Buddhist wisdom traditions, our online platform offers live teachings, structured courses, interactive forums, and community for the digital Dharma sangha. Samye Institute aims to be to the digital world what Nalanda was to India and what Samye was to Tibet.