Meditation and Daily Life
The Practice of Compassion
Dear friends near and far Happy Guru Rinpoche Day again! I just want to say many good messages to all of you. The one thing…
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The Value of Life
Dear friends near and far I am wishing you all a Happy Guru Rinpoche Day. I would like to say a few messages to all…
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Path of Transformation
Meditation Posture: Sharpness
In this video clip from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, Rinpoche answers a student’s question about why meditation posture matters....
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Life is Precious
Dear friends near and far Tashi Delek, Happy Guru Rinpoche Day. I’m back to send messages to all of my dharma brothers, sisters, and friends…
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Path of Transformation
How To Practice – Three Key Points For Lay Practitioners
We often request simple instructions for how to integrate practice with our busy modern lives. As lay practitioners, we have many demands on our time,...
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Knowing Dharma Is Nothing: Doing Dharma Is Something
If we actually “do Dharma” then we can learn how to turn our experience around. If we don’t do this, we are like someone who...
No Excuses
Dear friends near and far Happy Guru Rinpoche Day. I am back again to remind all of my dharma brothers, sisters, and friends that life…
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Message From Bhutan Pilgrimage
Dear friends near and far I apologize for the lateness of this Guru Rinpoche Day email. We have been on a pilgrimage for the past…
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Parting from the Four Attachments
Phakchok Rinpoche comments on the 12th century teaching by the great Sakya master.
If you are attached to this life, you are not a true Dharma...
Path of Transformation
Changing Perception
Phakchok Rinpoche relects upon his visit to Earthfire Wildlife Sanctuary and how it changed his perception of wildlife....
Path of Transformation
Balancing Family Life and Meditation Practice
Phakchok Rinpoche talks with Bodhi Kids founder Maya van der Meer about his own experience of balancing family life and practice....
The Relationship Between Conduct, Progress, and the View
As practicing Buddhists, so-called dharma practitioners, our conduct is extremely important. From among the trio of view, meditation, and conduct it is explained that our...