Meditation and Daily Life
Tibetan Losar: New Year, New Habit!
The best way to welcome the New Year is to begin a new positive habit. In Tibetan, the word gom that we usually translate as...
Path of Transformation
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...
Parenthood is Practice, Too
In this article, Alan Pope shows how parenthood provides an opportunity to take our meditation practice into the heart of our daily lives....
Path of Transformation
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...
Path of Transformation
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...
The Paramita of Patience and Caring For People with Dementia
In this article, Andrea Sherman shows how commitment to the paramita (perfection) of patience can be an antidote to anger and frustration when we care...
Path of Transformation
Maintaining Meditation Discipline
In this excerpt from "In the Footsteps of Bodhisattvas", Phakchok Rinpoche discusses discipline, and how it is essential to a strong meditation practice....
Caregiving at a Distance and the Paramita of Generosity
Andrea Sherman shows how we can utilize the six paramitas to touch the human spirit through virtual technology....
Path of Transformation» Radically Happy
Relying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 2): Immeasurable Loving-Kindness
Loving-Kindness or Metta is a deep, heart-felt wish that all beings have happiness, and have all the causes of happiness....
The Importance of Being Reliable and Kind-Hearted
On this Guru Rinpoche day, I would like to tell you about the importance of being honest (gyü drangpo), reliable (gyü tenpo), and kind-hearted (sempa...
Path of Transformation
Anxiety and Meditation on Campus—Then and Now
Anxiety is widely reported to be the number one psychological challenge among students today, and in a recent survey, 97% of students reported technological distractions...
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What Can We Do If We Really Start To Freak Out? (Part 1 – Relying on the Love of the Buddhas)
Guru Padmasambhava as the guru we can all call out and supplicate in times of freaking out....