Ethics
Key Words of Advice from Dza Patrül Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche wishes everyone a happy 2022 and shares very useful advice from Dza Patrül Rinpoche for both mundane and spiritual activities....
- Holistic Living
Being Patient and Farsighted and Enduring Hardship
As social beings, we humans learn from those around us. And because we don’t have fixed, unchanging solidity as beings, we make choices. We can...
- Holistic Living
Speaking Moderately and in a Gentle Way
As social beings, we humans learn from those around us. And because we don’t have fixed, unchanging solidity as beings, we make choices. We can...
- Holistic Living
Not Being Influenced by Evil Companions
As social beings, we humans learn from those around us. And because we don’t have fixed, unchanging solidity as beings, we make choices. We can...
Chokgyur Lingpa’s Zangdok Palri Aspirations
To conclude our Copper-Colored Mountain series on this last Guru Rinpoche day of the year of the pig, I would like to share with you...
- Holistic Living, Nine Yanas
Five Fundamental Precepts
Hilary Herdman explores the five fundamental precepts taught by the Buddha....
- Holistic Living, Meditation
Meditation: Not Just Sitting
Meditation certainly includes formal sitting practice, but we can appreciate that there is more to it than that! Here, Phakchok Rinpoche explains that meditation doesn't...
- Nine Yanas
Ethical Behavior in Buddhism: The Virtues
Ethical behavior occupies a central role on the Buddhist path to awakening. Yet often, modern presentations of Buddhist teaching skip over these fundamental principles. In...
Check Yourself! Advice for Buddhist Practitioners
How do we become authentic Buddhist practitioners? In this short audio clip from a teaching in Sao Paolo, Brasil, Khenpo Gyaltsen says each one of...
- Meditation, Nine Yanas, Vajrayana
Believing Karma
Believing karma, cause and effect, makes us authentic practitioners. Here, Phakchok Rinpoche speaks very directly to our cynicism and doubts. He says frankly that we...
- Holistic Living, Meditation
Expanding the Heart Practice
Expanding the heart brings great benefit for both ourselves and others. In this video teaching, Phakchok Rinpoche advises each of us to develop big and...
- Meditation, Nine Yanas, Vajrayana
Remembering Kindness
Remembering the kindness of others is an important practice for all of us. We should not forget those many individuals who have been kind to...