Three Modes of Faith, Bodhichitta, and Refuge
Nov 17, 2018
Today, on Guru Rinpoche day, I’d like to share with you all a short instruction. There are three modes that pertain to what can be perceived. These are: 1. apparent, 2. hidden, and 3. extremely...
Read MoreMeditation Without Reflection Is Blind
Oct 19, 2018
When reflecting, it is important to do so with your practice, personality, responsibility, and so forth. Reflect on your actions and reflect on your self. When you don’t reflect, you are like a blind person, not knowing where you are...
Read MoreWith My Guru in Tharpaling
Sep 19, 2018
Happy Guru Rinpoche Day to all of you! I hope you all are healthy and happy. As I am sending this message to you all today, I am in the presence of my Guru Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche’s Kudung Chorten in...
Read MoreAspiration for Your Happiness and Well-Being
Aug 20, 2018
How have you all been? I very much hope that you all and your loved ones are happy and healthy. Through out all my messages every month for the last twelve or so years, my aspiration initially was to send...
Read MorePractitioner Phakchok Rinpoche to Lazy Phakchok Rinpoche
Jul 22, 2018
I am at the moment in Gomde Cooperstown. Hope you all are keeping well and that you are keeping up with your practice. I came across a short audio teaching on the bardos by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche earlier today and...
Read MoreThings to Remember
Jun 23, 2018
Hoping you all are happy and healthy. Here’s a short message on this Guru Rinpoche Day: When you know there's nothing more important than the mind, then you can turn your mind towards the Dharma at that...
Read MoreLetter from My Guru
May 24, 2018
I would like to share this message with you all for today's Guru Rinpoche Day: My son, you need to understand the dharma that I taught you. That is the easy part. The difficult part is the practice. And the...
Read MoreLetter to Myself
Apr 25, 2018
I hope you have all been healthy and happy. I am at the moment at my home base in Boudhanath, Kathmandu. I have been spending my mornings in front of my shrine with a mani wheel in my hand and...
Read MoreThe Importance of Pure Perception
Mar 26, 2018
Happy Guru Rinpoche Day to you all and I hope this message finds you all happy and healthy. This particular Guru Rinpoche Day is a special one as it falls on the 2nd Ngakso Drupchen held annually. The first is...
Read MoreLong and Meaningful Life
Feb 25, 2018
Happy Guru Rinpoche Day! I am at present presiding over the Tsekar “White Amitayus” Drupchen here at our Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Boudhanath. It is a five family Buddha Amitayus practice with the hundred deities that Guru Rinpoche received...
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