Buddha Nature: Our Ground -
Sep 11, 2018
Buddha Nature: Our Common 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 of...
Read MoreThings To Remember -
Jun 23, 2018
Dear Friends Near and Far, Hoping you all are happy and healthy. Here’s a short message on this Guru Rinpoche Day. When you know there’s nothing more important than the mind, then...
Read MoreChokgyur Dechen Shikpo Lingpa -
Jun 14, 2018
Chokgyur Dechen Shikpo Lingpa Parinirvāṇa On June 14, 2018, the community of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery performs a puja to commemorate the anniversary of Chokgyur Lingpa. Chokgyur Dechen Shikpo Lingpa (Tib. མཆོག་གྱུར་བདེ་ཆེན་ཞིག་པོ་གླིང་པ་,...
Read MoreGenuine Compassion -
May 14, 2018
Genuine compassion, Phakchok Rinpoche explains, is compassion free of any aggression. Moreover, that compassion does not have grasping. This compassion is much more gentle. Ultimate or genuine compassion does not have the thought, "I need to save real sentient beings."...
Read MoreMending and Purification -
Jan 26, 2018
Dear Friends Near and Far, Happy Guru Rinpoche Day! When this message lands in your inbox, you receive the notification and you move on forward to open it, I hope that you...
Read MoreLearn to Meditate: It is Simple! -
Apr 18, 2016
You should learn to meditate". We hear this frequently. How do we learn to meditate? What does it really mean? What are we supposed to be doing when we meditate? Maybe we have even tried to meditate before, but we got...
Read MoreFour Qualities of our Mind: Mind Nature -
Nov 25, 2015
In this teaching from the August 2015 Introductory talk at the Mahāmudrā retreat at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Cooperstown, Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche explained the purpose of our practice of meditation. Here he stresses...
Read MoreMind is the Key: Dharma Versus Non-Dharma -
Oct 21, 2015
Understanding Mind: Key to All Phakchok Rinpoche reminds us again and again to remember one crucial point; our mind is the key thing we need to understand. In these short audio clips...
Read MoreKalpas Of Merit In One Moment -
Sep 16, 2015
Seeing Mind Nature In this audio clip, Phakchok Rinpoche assures us that enlightenment is possible. Actually, there is a thin line dividing buddhas and sentient beings. So, the difference between buddha...
Read MoreNature of the Mind -
Jul 29, 2012
Dear Friends Near and Far, I hope you have all been happy and healthy. I am keeeping well and writing to you all from Cooperstown, Upstate NY. I am here at our retreat center leading a retreat and we just...
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Welcome to the Samye Institute, where students from all corners of the globe explore how to work with their minds in order to lead meaningful lives. Drawing from authentic Buddhist wisdom traditions, our online platform offers live teachings, structured courses, interactive forums, and community for the digital Dharma sangha. The Samye Institute aims to be to the digital world what Nalanda was to India and what Samye was to Tibet.
