Series: Buddha and the Great Masters
The Qualities of Taking Refuge
Dear friends near and far I hope that this Guru Rinpoche Day email finds you all well and happy and that your dharma practice is flourishing.…
...
The King of Samādhi
Dear Friends Near and Far, On this Guru Rinpoche Day that marks the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth, I would like to share some lines from The King of Samādhi…
...
Quotes from the King of Samādhi Sutra
I hope you are all well wherever you may be. On this precious Guru Rinpoche Day, the first in 2015, I would like to share...
Aspiration
Thinking today of myself, having been wandering around from country to country for the last two months, and inspired by a teaching by Patrul Rinpoche...
Wisdom of Passing Sutra
Inspired by this special month and anniversary, I would like to share with you a short excerpt from a text entitled The Sage Who Dispels...
Are You on the True Path?
In the past few evenings of the drupchen, I have been re-reading some of the great texts of Shechen Gyaltsab, Pema Namgyal, and in particular,...
Padmasambhava Comes to Tibet
On this last Guru Rinpoche Day of the Water Dragon Year of 2139 and with an understanding of these words of Padmasambhava to be a...
Nature of the Mind
Since I didn’t get much time to think about what to write for today’s post, I thought of sending you this picture of Kyabje Dudjom...
Cycle of Teachings Through Questions and Answers
Lately I’ve been reading a series of question/answers between the Lotus Born and his Tibetan consort, Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal and then thought of sharing one...
Self-Liberation in the Bardo of Dying
For today’s Guru Rinpoche Day, I thought of extracting few pith instructions by Padmasambhava to his close student, Trisong Detsen and a brief overview of...
Five Levels of Motivation
Today being the first Guru Rinpoche Day message of the year 2012, I would like to share with you a teaching given by Nyoshul Khen...
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
My teachings today will be the heartfelt teachings from my loving Guru, secret Yogi, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. He said, remembering our motivation is most important,...