How to Be Pure
Phakchok Rinpoche
June 30, 2020
Phakchok Rinpoche talks about the quality of having a calm, relaxed mind state and being content. In order to have contentment, one needs to meditate
Shamatha (calm abiding meditation)
Anxiety and Meditation on Campus—Then and Now
Arthur Versluis
March 31, 2020
Anxiety is widely reported to be the number one psychological challenge among students today, and in a recent survey, 97% of students reported technological distractions
Visualization: How and Why?
Phakchok Rinpoche
March 5, 2020
Visualization can seem unnecessarily complicated when we first encounter meditation instruction. But creating a mental image and using that as an object of our attention
Repeated Placement: Once Again Resting the Mind
Tulku Migmar Tsering
November 14, 2019
Repeated Placement is the third stage of our calm abiding meditation. In shamatha meditation, our practice proceeds gradually so that we are able to quickly
Continuous Placement in Meditation: Bring Back the Mind
Tulku Migmar Tsering
November 7, 2019
Continuous placement, or establishing continuity, is the second stage of calm abiding meditation. When we practice calm-abiding or shamatha meditation, we’re gradually retraining our minds.
Everyone Can Meditate: Caring for Our Minds
Tulku Migmar Tsering
October 31, 2019
Tulku Migmar explains that Mindfulness is an exercise everyone can practice, notwithstanding their religion or lifestyle.
Meditation Training With Focus
Tulku Migmar Tsering
October 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
Cultivating New Habits for Busy Minds
Tulku Migmar Tsering
October 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
Calm Abiding Meditation
Tulku Migmar Tsering
September 25, 2018
Calm abiding meditation forms the backbone of Buddhist meditation practice. Without developing a solid foundation in this core practice, we will not be able to
Why Meditate? What Does Meditation Offer?
Phakchok Rinpoche
May 7, 2018
Why meditate? What benefits does meditation bring, and why might we want to take the time for practice? Phakchok Rinpoche, in this video teaching from