Relying 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 Buddhanature -
Nov 21, 2019
Understand ignorance. Why would we need to do that if we are studying our mind? Here, in this video teaching from a Mahamudra meditation retreat at Gomde Cooperstown, Tulku Migmar Tsering explains...
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...
Read MoreCheck Yourself! The Tool of Reflection -
Jul 5, 2019
Image by Daniel Mingook Kim on Unsplash By Nina Eder When I first heard Phakchok Rinpoche talking about reflecting on our mind, I didn’t think that “checking myself” would be of any use....
Read MoreTonglen Practice: Developing Bodhicitta -
Jun 25, 2019
"Mindfulness is a mirror of our mind and motivation is a mirror of our dharma practice". Here we can understand motivation to mean tonglen--the development of bodhicitta. By practicing tonglen, we increase our loving kindness, our compassion and ultimately our...
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