In this early 21st century, man has succeeded in building an advanced material civilization with hands and brains, and along the way managed to overcome many of life’s challenges. However, the f...

Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö Rinpoche, a native of Draggo (Ch: Luhuo) County in Sichuan Province, is Vice Principal of Sethar Larung Five Sciences Buddhist Institute (Larung Gar), also a ren...

In Buddhism, the Mahayana path is undertaken in stages: first, renunciation of the worldly pleasures and experiences that ultimately lead to suffering; second, cultivation of compassion and bodh...

In everyday life, whether the environment is perceived as mind itself or not is inconsequential. However, in mind training, it is critical that practitioners see all external objects as phenomen...

The nine yanas of the path In the Nyingma literature, “nine yanas” or vehicles on the path of Dharma are mentioned. In most sutras, only “two yanas” are mentioned – Mahayana (Great Veh...

Alas! Things in samsara are all meaningless,

After all the preliminary and samatha practices are completed and before starting the main practice of Dzogchen, there are some quasi-Dzogchen practices to be done. One very important practice a...

This subject is a key instruction from Mipham Rinpoche. We need to know the process of taming the mind because there are many difficulties at the beginning of practicing the Dharma. If w...

Overview Why do we need to talk about no-self in person and no- self in phenomena? In the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha expounded a “path” which consists of “renunciation, bodhicitta a...