Preparing to Die, Learning to Live
Apr 3, 2021
In “Preparing to Die, Learning to Live,” Tulku Migmar discusses how preparing to die is fundamentally about how we live. When we live with aims like accumulation of wealth, and we have a lot of attachments, facing death can be...
Read MorePractice Advice from the Third Phakchok Rinpoche, Chöying Lhündrup, Part Two
Sep 25, 2020
Today we continue with the “Ten Key Instructions on Following the Sublime Way” by my previous incarnation, the 17th throne-holder of Kham Riwoché, the Third Phakchok Rinpoche, Chöying...
Read MoreKhandro Yeshé Tsogyel’s Departure to the Copper-Colored Mountain
Jan 5, 2020
On this Guru Rinpoché day, I would like to share with you the account of Khandro Yeshé Tsogyel’s departure to the Copper-Colored Mountain at the end of her life. On Khandro Yeshé Tsogyel’s two-hundred and eleventh birthday, her time of...
Read MoreDodrupchen Rinpoché Tupten Trinlé Pelzang’s Vision of Zangdok Palri
Nov 6, 2019
For this month’s Guru Rinpoché day, I would like to share with you the short story of the current Dodrupchen Rinpoché’s account of the Copper-Colored...
Read MoreDüdjom Lingpa’s Visionary Journey to Zangdok Palri
Aug 10, 2019
Today, I would like to share with you the story of Düdjom Lingpa’s (1835-1909) visionary journey to Zangdok Palri. Düdjom Lingpa was one of the great tertöns of the nineteenth...
Read MoreDo Khyentsé Yeshé Dorjé’s Visionary Journey to Zangdok Palri
Jul 11, 2019
Today I would like to share with you the story of Do Khyentsé Yeshé Dorjé’s (1800-66) visionary journey to Zangdok Palri. Do Khyentsé was a visionary master of the Nyingma lineage, and the reincarnation of Rikdzin Jigmé Lingpa, the founder...
Read MorePema Lingpa’s Visionary Journey to the Copper-Colored Mountain
Jun 12, 2019
This month, I would like to share with you a brief account of Pema Lingpa’s (1450-1521) visionary journey to Zangdok Palri. Pema Lingpa was an important Bhutanese treasure revealer within the Nyingma tradition and the reincarnation of Künkhyen Longchen Rabjam...
Read MoreRatna Lingpa’s Visionary Journey to the Copper-Colored Mountain
May 14, 2019
Today we will continue our accounts of great masters’ visionary journeys to Zangdok Palri with Ratna Lingpa (1403-1478), one of the great early treasure...
Read MoreJamgön Kongtrul’s Visionary Journey to the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain
Apr 14, 2019
This month I would like to continue with the accounts of great masters’ visionary journeys to Zangdok Palri with the last to cover among the Khyen-Kong-Chok (Khyentsé, Kongtrül and Chokling) great trio of masters: Jamgön Kongtrül Rinpoché (’jam mgon kong...
Read MoreThe Nectar for the Ears of the Fortunate
Feb 15, 2019
This Guru Rinpoche day letter being the first of the lunar year of the pig and after much consideration, I have decided to focus this year on Zangdok Palri or the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain, where our Precious Maha Guru Padmasambhava...
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