On the path to liberation, there is nothing more important than properly following a qualified master.

You may not believe in Buddhism or any religion at all, but you cannot deny the emotions and feelings once felt by those animals now being served on the dining table. “Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others to do unto you” should be put into practice starting from our dining tables first.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 22 February 2015

I visited Shambhala Mountain Center established by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who propagated Buddhism in the West with nontraditional methods. While much of it is not so easy to understand, most of the disciples continue to work on their practices amid various challenges today.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 08 May 2015

This is what I had for lunch and dinner on this New Year’s Day. For the sake of protecting the environment, our health and respecting lives, please be vegetarian as much as you can.

The fact that this church allows me to give a speech here where Christians go to pray and hear their sermons, and that I am willing to talk in front of a cross and the images of Jesus Christ and his disciples, demonstrate the understanding and tolerance extended to each other by people of different faiths. Harmony among religions can surely bring peace and happiness to all in the world. – At Stanford University.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 24 March 2015

There is quite a bit of interest in Buddhism in Boulder, Colorado, and mostly this is due to the influence of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Naropa University, founded by Trungpa Rinpoche, is also in Boulder. This school pays more attention to the psychological quality and mental health of its students.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 09 May 2015

We all hope to be healthy, but we keep on eating unhealthy food. We all hope to be happy, but we continue to hold on to unhappy things. It will be hard for us to be healthy and happy if we don’t move away from these old tendencies. On that note, I’d like to recommend once again The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 20 February 2015

I met a few disciples of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in Colorado. Most of them were hippies then, but now they are very devoted to their guru. They said, “We often get together to talk about the old days when we were by his side. Laughing and crying at the same time.”

~ Khenpo's blog published on 06 May 2015

This is the meditation room of a professor. Here, mind and the blue sky become one, neither ceasing nor arising. A thousand streams, with water flowing by, reflect a thousand clones of the moon on high; myriad miles of blue where no clouds fly, reveal myriad miles of the majestic sky.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 09 May 2015