Accumulating Causes for Enlightenment
Phakchok Rinpoche
December 20, 2022
In this video teaching, Phakchok Rinpoche reminds us that the essence of our mind is already enlightened. Yet, even though our nature is pure, that
Wisdom
Practicing the Pāramitās in Daily Life, Part One
Tulku Migmar Tsering
September 10, 2019
Practicing the Pāramitās represents a major element of the Mahayana Buddhist path. These six “transcendental perfections” (Tib. parol tu chinpa druk) enable practitioners to accumulate
Knowing Mind
Phakchok Rinpoche
February 12, 2019
What is Dharma?…. Knowing Mind is Dharma When we hear the word dharma what do we think of? Often we think of sādhana practice, study, visualizations,
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
Defining “Dharma”: Method and Wisdom
Tulku Migmar Tsering
September 25, 2018
We have a lot of negative emotions, don’t we? And traditionally, Buddhist teachers explain that the antidote for our negative emotions is the application of
Long and Meaningful Life
Phakchok Rinpoche
February 25, 2018
Happy Guru Rinpoche Day! I am at present presiding over the Tsekar “White Amitayus” Drupchen here at our Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Boudhanath. It
Dharma Wheel and Pair of Deer
Hilary Herdman
September 12, 2017
We may notice certain representations such as a Dharma wheel with two deer gazing steadily at it appear frequently. Why do we see this image
Why Light Offerings?
Phakchok Rinpoche
May 3, 2016
Why lights? Light means understanding because light represents wisdom. And light removes and dispels misunderstanding. All of our sufferings come from not knowing and not
The Root of Omniscience
Phakchok Rinpoche
January 19, 2016
Dear friends near and far A few days ago, I was reading this great Khadampa text, and in there are some questions and answers where
The Illuminating Sun of Wisdom
Phakchok Rinpoche
June 26, 2015
As Buddhist practitioners, essentially the two qualities we are striving to develop are wisdom and compassion; wisdom and compassion that are as vast and unmovable