The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Apr 22, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche shares the Four Dharmas of Gampopa and the meaning of these profound words of advice, so we can apply them in our daily...
Read MoreSupreme Mind Training
Mar 23, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us some of Atisha's Root Verses on Training the mind. This supreme mindtraining offers clear, simple and straightforward advice to anyone who wishes to practice or just improve their lives by changing their way of thinking...
Read MoreKunkhyen Jamgön Mipham Rinpoché’s Advice for Beginners
Feb 22, 2021
In the first month of the Tibetan year of the Iron Ox, Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us on Guru Rinpoche Day some short advice for practitioners from Kunkhyen Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche and correlates them with the Four Dharmas of...
Read MoreTsok Bum Series: Pema Khandro (Kurukulle)
Jan 23, 2021
We are joyfully announcing a series of 100,000 ganachakra feast offerings (or: tsok bum) that will be completed at the sacred site of the Asura cave, where Guru Rinpoche attained the siddhi of Mahamudra. Tsok is a profound Vajrayana practice of offering that...
Read MorePrayer for Rebirth in the Copper-Colored Mountain of Glory
Jan 23, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us a precious aspiration from Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal to be reborn in the Copper-Colored Mountain. It is a very practical and realisitc prayer which covers every step of the way to rebirth in the pure...
Read MoreMonthly 100,000 Feast Offerings (Tsok Bum)
Jan 7, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche believes that the tremendous magnetizing power of these tsok bum will be particularly effective in this period of global pandemic and unrest. Tsok is a profound Vajrayana practice of offering that swiftly gathers the accumulations of merit and...
Read MoreAn Offering of the Dharma and Introduction of Student Pathways from Phakchok Rinpoche and Samye Institute
Jan 1, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche will offer a series of Dharma teachings over the course of the next month. As the teachers regularly remind us, the gift of the precious Dharma is the supreme offering as it alone unfolds the path to...
Read MoreTsok Bum Series: Phurba (Vajrakīlaya)
Dec 24, 2020
We are joyfully announcing a series of 100,000 ganachakra feast offerings (or: tsok bum) that will be completed at the sacred site of the Asura cave, where Guru Rinpoche attained the siddhi of Mahamudra. Tsok is a profound Vajrayana practice of offering that...
Read MoreKhandro Yeshé Tsogyel’s Prayer to Guru Rinpoche
Dec 24, 2020
For this Guru Rinpoche day, I would like to share with you Khandro Yeshé Tsogyel’s supplication to the Great Guru, or Mahā Guru, Padmasambhava. Yeshé Tsogyel made this prayer of aspiration, her heart filled with devotion, as the Mahā Guru...
Read MoreThe Tukdrup Gongpa Kundü Global Feast Offering
Nov 30, 2020
Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters, Many thanks to all of you for participating in the Tukdrup Gongpa Kundü Tsok Bum, the fifth in our series of seven global online ganachakra feast offering...
Read MoreNew Book Launch
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