Nekhor Pilgrimage: Circling the Sacred
Jan 29, 2020
For over half a decade, a small group of Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoché’s students have been researching the sacred sites of Guru Padmsambhava. Our goal has been to fulfill a single overarching mission:...
Read MoreGaining the Blessings of the Guru
Oct 30, 2017
Today’s video features Kalden Drendze, and is a continuation of the Twelve Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche series. Here, Phakchok Rinpoche shares a very concise method for gaining accomplishment in the practice through a simple...
Read MoreReceiving Tibetan Buddhist Empowerment
Jul 24, 2017
Tibetan Buddhist empowerment may seem very mysterious and like a grand performance. And there is a lot of misunderstanding about what it means to receive an empowerment....
Read MoreBuilding Dignity Through Supplication
Sep 20, 2016
Building dignity through supplication may sound contradictory. In the Vajrayana path, however, supplication is continually emphasized. Why is this...
Read MoreFive Ways of Practicing Guru Yoga
Jul 28, 2012
Since today is such a special and auspicious day, I thought to say little about “Lamey Naljor” or Guru Yoga, which is the practice of merging your mind with the wisdom mind of the...
Read MoreGuru Rinpoche’s Body, Speech, and Mind Blessings
May 1, 2012
About two weeks ago we were on a pilgrimage following the footsteps of the Lotus Born in Nepal and Sikkim. It was a memorable trip still so vivid and in memory of it, I would like to share Padmasambhava's last...
Read MoreAnniversary of the Lotus Born Guru
Jul 10, 2011
I hope that this reminder on this very auspicious Guru Rinpoche Day becomes a means for you to stabilize your ground, that it gives you the strength to not drift away from the path and at the same time gives...
Read MoreThe Four Holy Places
Dec 15, 2010
A pilgrimage is an important act of devotion and faith as it enables us to accumulate merit and purify our defilements and obscurations of the body, speech and mind by the power of the blessings of the sacred...
Read MoreHeart Advice from Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
May 23, 2010
Dear friends near and far First off, my deepest apologies for my very long silence. I hope you’ve all been happy and healthy. At the moment, I’m traveling between cities and today...
Read MoreNew Book Launch
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