Supreme Mind Training
Mar 23, 2021
Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us some of Atisha's Root Verses on Training the mind. This supreme mindtraining offers clear, simple and straightforward advice to anyone who wishes to practice or just improve their lives by changing their way of thinking...
Read MoreBuddha’s Radical Two-Step Approach to Happiness
Sep 3, 2020
Over 2,500 years ago, a man sat under a Bodhi tree and had a completely radical insight: suffering was caused by ignorance about who we really are. This ignorance comes from a...
Read MoreWhat Can We Do If We Really Start to Freak Out? (Part 2 – Creating Space with Phakchok Rinpoche)
Mar 22, 2020
Phakchok Rinpoche teaches how to create space to feel more calm and lose fear, as well as slow down the loop of negative...
Read MoreMeditation Training With Focus
Oct 17, 2019
"Meditation training with focus" takes many forms. As we begin to build a habit of mindfulness, we can use one or more of these techniques. For example, in a meditation session or sometime in our day, we may...
Read MoreCultivating New Habits for Busy Minds
Oct 10, 2019
When we hear the word "meditation" we may think that we can't keep still for an hour and be calm. But, as Tulku Migmar as explains here, the point of meditation is the process itself. When we meditate we are...
Read MoreMental Maintenance Creates Stability
Oct 3, 2019
"Mental Maintenance" means working with our own minds. Anxiety, depression, and stress can affect anybody. First, we need to take care of our actual physical needs, but then we also should care for our minds. Mental maintenance signifies stability. So...
Read MoreFive Ways to Radically Increase Your Joy
May 28, 2019
By Erric Solomon Buddhists often wonder if happiness is too trivial a thing to worry about. While it is true that the ultimate realization of Buddhist practice is far more profound, when...
Read MoreExperience Opens Understanding
Dec 11, 2018
How do we begin Buddhist practice? We can first listen to explanations from a qualified teacher, and take time to reflect on what we have heard--trying to understand a little more. Then, after a lot of studies we then gradually...
Read MorePracticing Meditation: Three Main Points
Aug 21, 2018
Practicing meditation is a key point of applying Buddhist Dharma. And many other traditions also feature meditation. Phakchok Rinpoche suggests that we need to approach practice gradually because most of us have a number of bad habits. First of all,...
Read MoreDharma : Understanding Mind
Jun 27, 2018
Dharma means understanding the mind--our own mind-- and how it functions. When we hear the word "Dharma" we can realize that we are engaging in a new process of examination. Instead of looking outward, we are turning the focus inward...
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Samye is a place 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. Samye Institute aims to be to the digital world what Nalanda was to India and what Samye was to Tibet.