Chökhor Düchen – The Great Festival of the First Turning of the Dharma Wheel
Jul 12, 2021
On the auspicious day of the Chökhor Düchen Festival, we remember the Buddha's first teaching. Traditionally, we refer to that event with the expression of the "first turning of the Dharma...
Read MoreMultiplying Effects: Five Ways of Multiplying Merit
Jul 1, 2021
Practitioners should take advantage of all opportunities to increase the accumulation of merit easily and swiftly. We need to know how to magnify our virtues. Phakchok Rinpoche reminds us regularly that we need to consistently accumulate merit....
Read MoreDzamling Chisang: World Sang Offering
Jun 24, 2021
Dzamling Chisang, or World Sang Day, commemorates Guru Rinpoche’s subjugation of the local deities and the founding of the Samye Monastery in Tibet. Customarily Himalayan communities recall this event on the fifteenth...
Read MoreAuspicious Global Sangha Accumulations of Merit During Bumgyur Dawa
Feb 25, 2021
On this first Guru Rinpoche Day of the Tibetan Iron Ox year, Phakchok Rinpoche and Samye joyfully announce a series of three global sangha accumulation of merit events. As these practices will occur during the first month of the lunar...
Read MoreMonthly 100,000 Feast Offerings (Tsok Bum)
Jan 7, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche believes that the tremendous magnetizing power of these tsok bum will be particularly effective in this period of global pandemic and unrest. Tsok is a profound Vajrayana practice of offering that swiftly gathers the accumulations of merit and...
Read MoreHow to Plan Your Personal Retreat, Part Two
Dec 10, 2020
In Part Two of “How to Plan Your Personal Retreat,” recorded on December 10, 2020, Drupla Sonam Tsering, who has completed three three-year retreats, continues his discussion of advice on how to conduct...
Read MoreHow to Plan Your Personal Retreat, Part One
Oct 12, 2020
How do we choose where to go for retreat? What are suggestions on retreat for someone with commitments like family or children? What are the advantages and disadvantages of solitary retreat? When should we do retreat at...
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 MoreNgensong Dongtruk Puja–a Student’s Eye-View
Aug 28, 2019
Making an Auspicious Connection As the third of the 2019 puja series, the Ngensong Dongtruk or “Dredger of the Lower Realms’ Depths” puja was held for three days from August 10th-12th...
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