Rituals at Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centers
Hilary Herdman
February 27, 2022
Rituals at Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centers can delight, intrigue, and/or confuse newcomers. Here we offer some brief guidelines for the curious onlooker.
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What is Ritual?
Hilary Herdman
September 23, 2019
Hilary Herdman shows how ritual practice tames our minds as we perform particular physical and verbal actions.
Preferences, Habit, Practice
Erric Solomon
March 17, 2019
Preferences dominate our thinking most of the time whether we consciously note them or not. We carry them into our meditation practice. But is that
Bell and Dorje: Understanding Ritual Objects
Tulku Migmar Tsering
February 4, 2019
In the Vajrayana context, practitioners utilize the bell and dorje as important symbolic ritual items. At the outer level, these two implements represent the indivisibility
Making Peace and Purifying Our World
Phakchok Rinpoche
August 2, 2017
For today’s message, Phakchok Rinpoche offers insight into Kyepar Pakpey, the seventh manifestation of Guru Rinpoche. At the heart of this practice is making peace
Life-Release
Khenpo Gyaltsen
July 27, 2017
Life-release, or the saving of animals destined for slaughter, is practiced throughout the Buddhist world. All schools of Buddhism encourage followers to not only refrain
Can’t I Just Meditate? Why We Need Skillful Means
Phakchok Rinpoche
February 21, 2017
Without skillful means, we are unable to easily gain wisdom. In the past, all the great masters have practiced this way. Because this is the
Sadhana Practice: The Importance of Ritual
Phakchok Rinpoche
February 2, 2017
Sadhana practice is the essence practice of the Vajrayana tantras. Many great masters brought us important tantras, but in order to practice them, we use
Sādhāna Ritual Courses 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal
Julian Rutherford
September 15, 2015
We are very pleased to announce our seventh year of Sādhana Ritual Courses, scheduled for January 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The courses will focus on
The Importance of Accumulating Merit
Phakchok Rinpoche
June 25, 2015
Phakchok Rinpoche shares a reminder on the two accumulations. Here he reviews methods relating to the first of the two accumulations: accumulating merit.