In meditation, negative experiences are the most misleading, because we tend to take them as a bad sign. But in fact the negative experiences in our practice...
We often wonder what to do about negativity or certain troubling emotions. In the spaciousness of meditation, you can view your thoughts and emotions with a...
Imagine that you are having difficulties with a loved one, such as your mother or father, husband or wife, lover or friend. How helpful and revealing it can be...
In meditation, as in all arts, there has to be a delicate balance between relaxation and alertness. Once a monk called Shrona was studying meditation with one...
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - Again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the hour of death, Capturing the fortress of the deathless...
The teachings tell us what it is we need to realize, but we also have to go on our own journey, in order to come to a personal realization. That journey may...
We are so addicted to looking outside ourselves that we have lost access to our inner being almost completely. We are terrified to look inward, because our...
Profound and tranquil, free from complexity, Uncompounded luminous clarity, Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas; This is the depth of the mind of the...
In today's highly interdependent world, individuals and nations can no longer resolve many of their problems by themselves. We need one another. We must...
Difficulties and obstacles, if properly understood and used, can turn out to be an unexpected source of strength. Gesar was the great warrior king of Tibet,...
A direct reflection on what death means and the many facets of the truth of impermanence can enable us to make rich use of this life while we still have time,...
"Training" the mind does not in any way mean forcibly subjugating or brainwashing the mind. To train the mind is first to see directly and concretely how the...
To serve the world out of the dynamic union of wisdom and compassion would be to participate most effectively in the preservation of the planet. Masters of all...
His Holiness Penor Rinpoche Empowerments and Teachings August 2003 http://www.tara.org/events_hhpr.htm KPC Maryland & Sedona His Holiness Penor Rinpoche is the...
Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating; the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose...
The Benefits of Saving the Lives of Other Living Beings by Kyabje Chadral Rinpoche Glory be to the Buddha Amitayus (TSEPAMEY, Buddha of Eternal Life) and the ...
The root of all phenomena is your mind. If unexamined, it rushes after experiences, ingenious in the games of deception. If you look right into it, it is free...
Don't we know, only too well, that protection from pain doesn't work, and that when we try to defend ourselves from suffering, we only suffer more and don;t...
OFFERINGS From "Gates to Buddhist Practice" by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche: Practice has to happen consistently right where the mind is active, right there with the...
Dear sikozu (upasika), I missed the original thread of this message, but I think it is important not to break up and segment different schools or groups of ...
Taiwanese Lama exempted from military service eTaiwan News, 7 August 2003 Taipei - A Taiwanese citizen who has been recognized as the reincarnation of a...
The Six-Tusked White Elephant From Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom (Dharmamitra Translation) A case in point is that of Shakyamuni...
The Great Path of Awakening : An Easily Accessible Introduction for Ordinary People : A Commentary on the Mahayana Teaching of the Seven Points of Mind ...
From Lama Surya Das's Talk, March 2003 http://www.dzogchen.org/teachings/talks/ndt03.htm "......With a mantra like Om Mani Padmé Hung, some lamas make a vow...
Bodhicitta by His Eminence 100th Ganden Tri Rinpoche Introduction From the beginning, one must develop the proper motivation to listen to the Buddha's...
His Holiness Penor Rinpoche August 15, 16, 17 Schedule of Teachings Flushing, 8/15 & 8/16 Red Avalokitsevara Empowerment Taiwan Center, Flushing Friday, August...
Hey People Do read and dedicate for the long life of your gurus and well being of all sentient beings! Dedication... "By the merit of my composing (reading)...
The Meaning of Sangha by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche MIRROR OF FREEDOM (series): Number 14 Chagdud Gonpa Foundation (reprinted with permission of Chagdud Gonpa...
The Meaning of Sangha by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche MIRROR OF FREEDOM (series): Number 14 Chagdud Gonpa Foundation (reprinted with permission of Chagdud Gonpa...
