Advice for Practicing in the Chokling Tersar Tradition
Sep 12, 2020
Drupla Opak begins with an introduction and overview of the Chokling Tersar, situating that within the sacred mantrayana teachings given directly by Guru Rinpoche. He reminds us that Guru Rinpoche advised that these teachings would be particularly important for students...
Read MoreCaregiving at a Distance and the Paramita of Generosity
May 27, 2020
Caregiving at a distance is extremely challenging during this time of the coronavirus threat. How do you care for someone when you can’t be directly with the person that you are caring...
Read MoreRelying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 1): Immeasurable Equanimity
Apr 9, 2020
By Erric Solomon During turbulent periods of crises, I find it really helpful to go to the heart of the teachings of the Buddhadharma. By remembering to bring forth the essential teachings...
Read MoreBuddha-Nature: Hidden Treasure, Buried Diamond
Dec 5, 2019
Buddha-nature can be understood by using classical analogies. We may have heard teachers say that every being has buddha-nature. And yet, we remain skeptical. We don’t see the evidence of this around...
Read MoreUnderstand Ignorance to Reveal Buddha-Nature
Nov 21, 2019
Understand ignorance. Why would we need to do that if we are studying our minds? Most of us come to meditation retreats or Buddhist teachings because we are searching for answers. We know that we are unhappy, or anxious, or...
Read MorePracticing the Pāramitās in Daily Life, Part One
Sep 10, 2019
Practicing the Pāramitās represents a major element of the Mahayana Buddhist path. These six "transcendental perfections" (Tib. parol tu chinpa druk) enable practitioners to accumulate both merit and wisdom. In the first of a series of short video teachings, Tulku...
Read MoreEssence of Bodhicitta
Aug 20, 2019
Essence of Bodhicitta: How Do We Understand and Practice? Understanding the essence of bodhicitta is fundamental for our practice. Here, in a brief audio teaching from Japan, Phakchok Rinpoche addresses this question...
Read MoreWhat Devotion Really Is, Part 3 – Infallibly Inseparable
Jul 23, 2019
By Erric Solomon Infallibility of the Guru There seems to be a lot of talk in Buddhist blogs, magazines and in real-time lectures about what it means for a guru to...
Read MoreWhat Devotion Really Is, Part 2 – Cultivating Devotion and Sometimes Saying No
Jul 16, 2019
By Erric Solomon How to Cultivate Devotion In modern culture, we seem to have lost the traditional regard for our mentors. In the old days, you apprenticed to a trade. Your master...
Read MoreWhat Devotion Really Is, Part 1 – Devotion Beyond Concepts
Jul 9, 2019
By Erric Solomon What is devotion? Is there something about the guru/disciple relationship that makes it unsuited to the modern world? If this relationship is truly essential to swiftly making progress along...
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