Practice Advice
The Five Successive Stages of Understanding
On this Guru Rinpoche Day message, Phakchok Rinpoche shares some simple benchmarks to measure our progress in our practice. We all go through five successive...
Overcoming Mara’s hosts
On Guru Rinpoche Day, Phakchok Rinpoche shares the key point of all the practices and teachings: overcoming the four great obstacles, the four maras, namely,...
Buddhahood Within Our Reach
On this Guru Rinpoche Day, Phakchok Rinpoche explains the famous opening verse of Omniscient Gampopa's "Jewel Ornament of Liberation," as well as the key points...
The Key to Success
Are we mindful and vigilant in all of our actions? Why is it important to be so? In order to explain the importance of attention...
Six Key Qualities for Beginners on the Path
On the Guru Rinpoche Day of Tredlha Tsechu of the year of the wood dragon (July 2024), Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us some words from...
Three Keys for a Successful Practice
On Guru Rinpoche Day, Phakchok Rinpoche shares some pithy advice for practitioners who feel that, even though they put a lot of time and effort...
Where the Real Practice Begins
On Guru Rinpoche Day, Phakchok Rinpoche reminds us that as practitioners we should never separate our practice from our daily lives. Instead, everything we do...
On the Importance of Rejoicing
Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us a quote from the Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 verses that teaches the vital importance of rejoicing....
The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us his understanding of the well-known Four Dharmas of Gampopa....
Checking Our Capacity
On the occassion of the birthday of our precious Mahaguru Padmasambhava, Phakchok Rinpoche shares with us Guru Rinpoche's profound teaching from the "Sang-Ngak Lamrim," as...
The Accumulations of Merit and Wisdom
Phakchok Rinpoche talks about the accumulations of merit and wisdom, how they are defined, how they differ from each other, and how to gather them....
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Jé Götsangpa’s Answers to Common Questions
Phakchok Rinpoche shares advice from Lama Zhang on the different processes of rebirth and the relative importance of emptiness and compassion....
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