Emptiness

Opening the Door to Authentic Meditation

Jack DeTar shares Rinpoche's path of authentic meditation taken from "In The Footsteps of Bodhisattvas"...
Essence of Bodhicitta

Essence of Bodhicitta

In this short audio teaching, Phakchok Rinpoche answers a student question asking about the very essence of bodhicitta....

Buddha Nature: Our Ground

Buddha-nature refers to the ground, the basic nature that we all share.  It is our "starting point", so to speak. We refer to the ground...
Impermanence and freedom

Impermanence and Freedom

Khenpo Gyaltsen knows that discussions of impermanence can cause strange reactions. Our nature is impermanent. There is no reason to feel unhappy about it. We...
What is Buddhism?

What Is Buddhism?

In this advice session with students, Phakchok Rinpoche explains that Buddhism encompasses a great deal. "Buddhism is everything!" he says....

Buddhist Training Tools: Skillful Means

Buddhism offers us so many types of training tools.  In this video clip, Phakchok Rinpoche discusses the vast array of training tools that we can use...
faith and the mind

Developing Pure Perception: How to Begin?

Phakchok Rinpoche answers a student question on developing pure perception....

Quotes from the King of Samādhi Sutra

I hope you are all well wherever you may be. On this precious Guru Rinpoche Day, the first in 2015, I would like to share...

Ego

For today's Guru Rinpoche Day, I would like to share with you a key that helps unlock the root of all hope and fear. To...

Genuine Devotion

The most important auspicious circumstance for practitioners to realize the correct view of emptiness is generating complete non-judgmental and genuine devotion to all the enlightened...

Three Chakras (Wheels)

It is evening here in Boudhanath, Kathmandu and I’m sitting on my bed, drinking tea, and watching the World Cup: the first half of Chile...

Three Levels of Patience

Today my topic is the sixth chapter of The Way of the Bodhisattva, and I would like to talk about the three different levels of...