[Part 1] The Level of Initial Capacity All the essential spiritual practices related primarily to the achievement of rebirth in the higher realms belong to...
Sit quietly. From the depths of your heart, invoke in the sky in front of you the embodiment of the truth in the person of your master, a saint, or an ...
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice. And if we choose to do so, we can put an end to suffering and...
The Level of Middling Capacity In the following verse Atisha describes the characteristics of spiritual trainees of the middling capacity. Verse 4 Those who...
ESSENCE OF GURU YOGA Guru Yoga is a quintessential practice at each level of the Vajrayana Buddhist path. At the outset our gurus introduce us to the...
The Level of Great Capacity Atisha continues his discussion on the three capacities by turning his attention to spiritual trainees at the highest level. Verse...
Concern for others to be happy and compassion wishing them to be free from suffering are needed not only as the basis for a bodhichitta motivation for ...
Dear members, I am writing to pass along the following news that Yungchen Lhamo is releasing her first new CD in years, and will be performing on May 5 at...
To realize what I call the wisdom of compassion is to see with complete clarity its benefits, as well as the damage that its opposite has done to us. We need...
The Dzogchen Tantras, the ancient teachings from which the bardo instructions come, speak of a mythical bird, the garuda, which is born fully grown. This image...
Remaining in the clarity and confidence of Rigpa allows all your thoughts and emotions to liberate naturally and effortlessly within its vast expanse, like...
...karma refers not only to our actions but, more importantly, to the motivation or intention behind them. The acts themselves are not the primary cause of our...
Just as the ocean has waves, and the sun has rays, so the mind’s own radiance is its thoughts and emotions. The ocean has waves, yet the ocean is not...
Techniques for Improvement All of us have attained a human life; we are, in a sense, incomparable among the various types of sentient beings, as we are able to...
In any society, it is necessary to follow a certain number of rules. Those who commit crimes or harmful acts must be punished and those who behave well should...
Learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover...
Question: If the root of all suffering is attachment, are the desire to have a family and the desire for liberation from suffering contradictory? Answer: I...
If things did in fact exist the way they appear - if things did exist so concretely - then when one looked into and investigated them, this inherent existence...
The Buddhist meditation masters know how flexible and workable the mind is. If we train it, anything is possible. In fact, we are already perfectly trained by...
An effortless compassion can arise for all beings who have not realized their true nature. So limitless is it that if tears could express it, you would cry...
All events and incidents in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others that a single person on his or her own cannot even begin to act. Many ...
Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels ....a buddha is someone who has attained full enlightenment through the cultivation of compassion and the wisdom of...
What do we mean when we speak of a truly compassionate kindness? Compassion is essentially concern for others' welfare -- their happiness and their suffering....
Howard C.Cutler, MD: "Is happiness a reasonable goal for most of us? Is it really possible?" HH the Dalai Lama: "Yes. I believe that happiness can be...
Hello Everybody, This summer, His Eminence the 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche is to visit the United Kingdom to give public teachings. You're all welcome to attented...
The nature of samsaric evolution is not such that death is followed by nothingness, nor that humans are always reborn as humans and insects as insects. On the...
Tashi Deleg! Dear Veronica, I have no knowledage of what christian's believe. If you were to look at how both try to benefit others it does looks the same. The...
Tashi Deleg Veronica! If you see what you choose to see! My teacher used to ask me how many side does a coin have? The first I hear this I ans 2 side, after...
the June 2006 update to the Buddhist bibliography is now online at : http://www.golden-wheel.net/buddbib.html while the Buddhist directory is now online at :...
I agree - I even told the predikant in my christian church that I am a budhist. But I talk a lot about christianity because that is the cultural heritage here...
