Weekly class online with Dharma teacher Tsony. Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm EST Join Zoom Here! Buddha Nature: Our Potential for Wisdom, Compassion, and Happiness This book presents teachings that Shamar Rinpoche gave on buddha …
Weekly Study of Boundless Wisdom by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
Weekly class online with Dharma teacher Tsony. Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm EST Join Zoom Here!
Weekly Study of Buddha Nature by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
Weekly class online with Dharma teacher Tsony. Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm EST Join Zoom Here! Buddha Nature: Our Potential for Wisdom, Compassion, and Happiness This book presents teachings that Shamar Rinpoche gave on buddha …
Weekly Study of Boundless Wisdom by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
Weekly class online with Dharma teacher Tsony. Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm EST Join Zoom Here!
Weekly Study of Buddha Nature by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
Weekly class online with Dharma teacher Tsony. Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm EST Join Zoom Here! Buddha Nature: Our Potential for Wisdom, Compassion, and Happiness This book presents teachings that Shamar Rinpoche gave on buddha …
Sunday Talk 2021 #22.Lojong 6/37. Do not Make Gods into Demons. Be humble.
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View PostDharma Roadside Dialogue. Patience and Equanimity.
The third paramita trains us to be steady and openhearted in the face of difficult people and circumstances. Patience entails cultivating skillful courageousness, mindfulness, and tolerance. In general, when we feel that others are hurting …
Dialogues sur le Chemin. Patience et equanimité.
La troisième paramita nous entraîne à être stables et à cœur ouvert face aux personnes et aux circonstances difficiles. La patience implique de cultiver le courage, la pleine conscience et la tolérance. En général, lorsque …
A Calm Mind in Turbulent Times: Zoom Meeting, Questions and Answers.
A calm mind in turbulent times: Zoom Meeting mit Lama Tsony in 2 Sitzungen Sa., 12. Dez, 16.00h und 19.00h – ca. 20.30h MEZ Ein ruhiger Geist in turbulenten Zeiten: Online Vortrag auf Zoom in Englischer Sprache …
Boundless Wisdom
Online study of “Boundless Wisdom” of Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche. Join us through Zoom every Tuesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm EST.
Morning talks from Moab, Utah to Bordo, Italy.
View PostMeditate. A Day with your Mind
It’s good, once in a while, to step back from our usual busy activity. Take a breather; give yourself a break, and tune into your mind. Come and join us for a different 9 to …
Boundless Wisdom Part One. Winter Retreat in Natural Bridge, VA.
Study, Contemplate, Meditate. “Realize that there is no other occupation in life more worthwhile than meditation. It doesn’t matter whether it takes a lifetime or just a day for good results to come. You should …
Study, Contemplate, Meditate. A Day with your Mind
It’s good, once in a while, to step back from our usual busy activity. Take a breather; give yourself a break, and tune into your mind. Come and join us for a different 9 to …
The Instruction of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path. Part Three
In the words of Gampopa: “To all future individuals devoted to me who think they cannot meet me: Please read the treatises composed by me, such as Precious Garland and The Ornament of Precious Liberation. …
Meditate. A Day with your Mind
It’s good, once in a while, to step back from our usual busy activity. Take a breather; give yourself a break, and tune into your mind. Come and join us for a different 9 to …
Une V(o)ie
Annulé Notre chemin spirituel vers l’éveil ne se fait pas en parallèle de notre vie. L’entraînement de l’esprit nous apprend à « amener la vie à la voie ». Parmi la multitude des instructions, il est bon …
Naviguez avec Grâce en Eaux Troubles
Ce stage est annulé pour cause de CoVid-19 “Lorsque le monde et les êtres sont emplis de négativités transformez les en voie d’éveil” L’entraînement de l’esprit en sept points. Chaque époque est marquée de périodes …
Les Perles de la Voie. Enseignement
Rendez vous sur Zoom pour une réflexion sur le chemin vers l’éveil. Visio-conférence interactive, Organisé par le CEBTL, Lyon, ouverte à tous, accessible aux débutants. En direct via Zoom et en français. L’enseignement regroupe 2 sessions …
This Cushion Is Free. Are You?
Canceled for COVID reasons. Listen to the Zoom sessions HERE Sit. Walk. Share It is crucial to sit every day and become acquainted with one’s mind. This will become increasingly profound and simple if one …
Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Canceled for COVID reasons Grant your blessings that the mind may follow the Dharma Grant your blessings that the Dharma may become the path Grant your blessings that the path may clarify confusion Grant your …
Méditations sur l’Amour et la Compassion
View PostFall Meditation and Study Retreat. The Third Karmapa’s Mahamudra Prayer Part Three
We continue our exploration of the natural state of mind through meditation and the study of the Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. The Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje is …
This Cushion Is Free. Are You? Sit, Walk, Share
It is crucial to sit every day and become acquainted with one’s mind. This will become increasingly profound and simple if one can dedicate longer periods of time in a retreat situation. During the sessions …
The Instruction of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path. Part Two
In the words of Gampopa: “To all future individuals devoted to me who think they cannot meet me: Please read the treatises composed by me, such as Precious Garland and The Ornament of Precious Liberation. …
The Four Immeasurables (Brahmavihara/Apramanas) as Aspiration Bodhicitta. Part Two
Two Weekends about the Four Immeasurables Saturday 9: Equanimity Sunday 10: Love Saturday 16: Compassion Sunday 17: Joy Bodhicitta, the awakened mind, Is known in brief to have two aspects: First, aspiring, …
The Four Immeasurables (Brahmavihara/Apramanas) as Aspiration Bodhicitta. Part One
Two Weekends about the Four Immeasurables Saturday 9: Equanimity Sunday 10: Love Saturday 16: Compassion Sunday 17: Joy Bodhicitta, the awakened mind, Is known in brief to have two aspects: First, aspiring, …
Study, Contemplate, Meditate. A Day with your Mind
It’s good, once in a while, to step back from our usual busy activity. Take a breather; give yourself a break, and tune into your mind. Come and join us for a different 9 to …
The Instruction of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path. Part One
In the words of Gampopa: “To all future individuals devoted to me who think they cannot meet me: Please read the treatises composed by me, such as Precious Garland and The Ornament of Precious Liberation. …
Thoughts on the Early Stages of Meditation Practice
View PostExcerpts from the Mahamudra Prayer
View PostDedication of Merit
View PostLes Quatre Atouts Pour Repartir Du Bon Pied
Les Quatre Pouvoirs ou Quatre Atouts Le Noble Sutra de l’Enseignement sur les quatre facteurs nous dit: “O Maitreya, bodhisattva mahasattva, si vous possédez quatre facteurs, vous surmonterez les actions nuisibles qui ont été commises …
Se Connaître, S’Eveiller
“D’abord, assimiles les préliminaires.” In “L’entrainement de l’esprit en sept points” de Chekawa Yeshe Dorje Qu’est-ce qui fait de nous un être consciemment engagé sur la voie d’éveil ouverte par …
Extraits de la Prière d’Aspiration du Mahamoudra
Le Mahamoudra est la nature ultime de l’esprit – la prière du Mahamoudra du Troisième Karmapa est une aspiration souhaitant que tous les êtres sensibles réalisent la vraie nature de l’esprit, ainsi qu’une explication claire, …
Ecology of Body, Speech and Mind. Public Talk
The Source of all of our problems as well as the source of all our solutions is to be found in the mind. Our capacity or incapacity to adapt to the world depends on our …
L’Infinie Créativité du Changement. Apprécier l’ensemble du cycle de l’impermanence
Généralement, nous n’apprécions que la moitié du cycle de l’impermanence. Nous pouvons accepter la naissance, mais pas la mort; accepter le gain, mais pas la perte. La vraie libération vient d’apprécier tout le cycle et …
Advice for Samatha Meditation
View PostWinter Meditation and Study Retreat. The Third Karmapa’s Mahamudra Prayer Part Two
We continue our exploration of the natural state of mind through meditation and the study of the Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. The Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje is …
The Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje
We continue our exploration of the natural state of mind through meditation and the study of the Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. The Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje is …
Mahamudra. Exploring Gendun Rinpoche’s Legacy
Mahámudra 17.-22. Apríl 2019 / Javorie 5-dňové intenzívne meditačné sústredenie bude viesť meditačný majster: Láma Tsony Láma Tsony nás bude viesť retreatom opierajúc sa o učenie Genduna Rinpočeho, ktorého je Láma Tsony následovník. Ako pomôcka nám …
Clarifying the Natural State, Part Two. Vipashyana and the Wisdom of Emptiness.
Vipashyana and the Wisdom of Emptiness. Winter Meditation Retreat. Clarifying the Natural State Text by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (1511-87). Essential instructions on mind’s nature and silent meditative discovery of it. Saturday and Sunday 10/11 …
Wisdom, Merit, and Purification Through the Blessing of the Thirty-five Buddhas.
“Buddha Shakyamuni gave the 35 Buddhas Sutra as the most effective and expedient method for purifying negativities and accumulating merit. The practice was very widespread in Buddhist India, especially during the time when the Mahayana …
Fall Meditation and Study Retreat. The Third Karmapa’s Mahamudra Prayer Part One.
We continue our exploration of the natural state of mind through meditation and the study of the Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. The Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje is …
Clarifying the Natural State, Part 3
Meditation Retreat with Talks by Karma Trinlay Rinpoche on Mahamudra the first two days. The Supreme Accomplishment of Mahamudra A Buddhist Classic A practical manual for both teacher and student alike, Clarifying the Natural State covers …
Engage with the Mind Beyond the Story of Thoughts
View PostPublic Lecture: Leading a Wholesome Life
A wholesome life, like a garden, requires constant TLC. Gratitude and benevolence spring from the understanding of the interdependence of everything. It will give birth to the enlightened mind attitude (Skt.Bodhicitta). Mindfulness and awareness will …
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Refrain Recycle Recognize
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View PostComment Développer une Compassion Authentique pour Soi-Même et pour Autrui?
Tous les êtres aussi infinis que soit l’espace et qui n’ont pas réalisé leur véritable nature, qui est conscience-existence-béatitude au-delà des trois cercles, demeurent dans la division entre moi et autre et dans un état …
Samatha et Vipashyana dans la Perspective du Mahamoudra
Samatha est une attention tenue en un point. Vipashyana est la discrimination individuelle des phénomènes, correctement et exactement tel qu’ils sont. Samatha pacifie momentanément les émotions perturbatrices, tandis que Vipashyana les éradique complètement. Soutra …
The Path of Meditation in a Nutshell
View PostClarifying the Natural State, Part Two. Vipashyana and the Wisdom of Emptiness.
Vipashyana and the Wisdom of Emptiness. Winter Meditation Retreat. Clarifying the Natural State Text by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (1511-87). Essential instructions on mind’s nature and silent meditative discovery of it
Teachings from Milarepa’s Treasury of Dohas
A Doha is a form of poetry and is often referred to as a song. According to the sutras, the disciples of the Buddha would sometimes compose spontaneous verses during his teaching sessions. Tibetan translators such as …
Compassionate Wisdom in a World of Change. Engaged Buddhism as a necessary companion to sitting practice.
We are faced with chaos in unknown uncharted territories, a time of crisis. People lose the things that define them. When you are riding the tsunami of life on the surfboard of sanity the obstacles …
Sending and Taking in Times of Despair
View PostMeditation as a Preparation to Wise and Compassionate Action
View PostA Project for an Awakened Life. The Condensed Practice of Mind Training with the Five Forces
Promise very firmly to adhere to enlightened mind attitude (Skt.Bodhicitta) until awakening. Practice Bodhicitta on any occasion. Since the biggest obstacle to Bodhicitta is selfish grasping, as soon as you encounter it, recognize it and …
Découvrir la Clarté de l’Esprit. Méditation sur la Tranquillité et la Vision Pénétrante du Mahamudra
Le Bouddha a enseigné que l’état naturel de l’esprit est clair et éveillé. Pour trouver la paix et l’éveil, nous n’avons pas besoin de chercher ailleurs que là où nous sommes en ce moment. En …
Clarifying the Natural State
Elevate your experience and remain wide open like the sky. Expand your mindfulness and remain pervasive like the earth. Steady your attention and remain unshakable like a mountain. Brighten your awareness and remain shining like …
Ainsi Ai-je Entendu. Hommage à Guendune Rinpoché
Le 31 octobre 1997 a eu lieu le parinirvana de Guendune Rinpoché. Cela fait donc 20 ans qu’il a quitté son corps après avoir consacré la dernière partie de sa vie à la transmission du bouddhisme en …
Samatha and Vipashyana in the Mahamudra Perspective, Part 2
As the teachings about meditation from different Buddhist traditions become accessible in our society, as well as the different adaptations of the now trendy mindfulness practices, confusion grows about what the terms samatha and vipashyana …
Samatha and Vipashyana in the Mahamudra Perspective. Samatha und Vipashyana in der Mahamudra Perspektive
As the teachings about meditation from different Buddhist traditions become accessible in our society, as well as the different adaptations of the now trendy mindfulness practices, confusion grows about what the terms samatha and vipashyana …
Anuttara Puja. The Sevenfold Prayer as an Ideal Lifestyle
In the first three chapters of his Bodhicaryavatara, Shantideva shows the eminence and the transcendence of the Mind of Awakening (Skt. Bodhicitta). He shows us how to prepare the soil of our mind so that …
Awakened Life
An awakened life, like a garden, requires constant TLC. Gratitude and benevolence spring from the understanding of the interdependence of everything. It will give birth to the enlightened mind attitude (Skt.Bodhicitta). Mindfulness and awareness will …
A Project for an Awakened Life. The Condensed Practice of Mind Training with the Five Forces
Promise very firmly to adhere to enlightened mind attitude (Skt.Bodhicitta) until awakening. Practice Bodhicitta on any occasion. Since the biggest obstacle to Bodhicitta is selfish grasping, as soon as you encounter it, recognize it …
Anuttara Puja. The Sevenfold Prayer as an Ideal Lifestyle
In the first three chapters of his Bodhicaryavatara, Shantideva shows the eminence and the transcendence of the Mind of Awakening (Skt. Bodhicitta.) He shows us how to prepare the soil of our mind so that …
Exploring the Path of Awakening of Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
The path is not a linear journey where everything would be clearly marked until arrival. We have some guideline that the Sangha of teachers can offer us, but we realize with time that we have …
Autumn Meditation Retreat
Clarifying the Natural State Text by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (1511-87). Essential instructions on mind’s nature and silent meditative discovery of it
Lama Purtse-La
View PostSome Advice for a Moment of Sitting.
View PostUnderstanding the Nature of Mind by Gendun Rinpoche
View PostZelená Tára a Mahámudra inštrukcie podľa Genduna Rinpočheho. Green Tara and Gendun Rinpoche’s Mahamudra instructions
8-dňový retreat s Lamom Tsonym, Javorie 11. – 19.4. 2017 Posted on november 9, 2016by cesta k prebudeniu Zelená Tára a Mahámudra inštrukcie podľa Genduna Rinpočheho Lama Tsony podá kompletné inštrukcie k praxi Zelenej Táry a …
Dialogue et Questions Réponses
Une soirée Parisienne de dialogue. Venez avec vos questions et sujets que vous souhaitez voir abordés.
About Meditation, Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
View PostVajrasattva Hundred Syllable Mantra recited by Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche
View PostH.H. The 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje Teaches about Meditation
View PostThe Sacred Mystery. Compassion and Emptiness Being Indissociable
View PostPrière de l’Entraînement de l’Esprit en Sept Points
View PostTwo Meditation Sessions in Richmond, VA
10am @ Art Works (320 Hull Street, Richmond) 1pm @ YogaSource in Carytown (3122 W Cary St) More…
Reflection on Christmas
View PostFreedom is Happiness, Happiness is Freedom
What might be the definition of happiness? There might be as many definitions as there are people. What seems to be happiness for some can seem to be a prison for others. So maybe there …
La Pratique Condensée de l’Entraînement de l’Esprit en les Cinq Forces. Un Projet de Vie Eveillée
La Pratique Condensée de l’Entraînement de l’Esprit en les Cinq Forces. Un Projet de Vie Eveillée. Promettez très fermement de vous conformer à la Bodhicitta jusqu’à l’éveil. Entraînez-vous à la bodhicitta, en toute occasion. Puisque le …
I Still Would Like to Know…
View Post“BYOQ Sessions” Bring Your Own Questions
“BYOQ Sessions” Bring Your Own Questions Curious about meditation, Buddhism, the Dharma? When we first collide with the Buddhist universe, we may have a ton of questions. We never really find the place to ask …
Perception and Inter-Subjectivity
Perception and Inter-Subjectivity Conflicts and oppositions often spring from a sense of self-righteousness originating in a wrong perception of communication. Following Vasubandhu of the Yogacara Buddhist school of thought, we can understand that any perception …
The Five Powers, Implementing Mind Training In This Life
The Five Powers, Implementing Mind Training In This Life From “The Path of Awakening” by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche This fourth point condenses the key instructions of Mind Training into the practice of the five powers …
La Pratique Condensée de l’Entraînement de l’Esprit en les Cinq Forces: Un Projet de Vie Eveillée
Travaillez avec les cinq forces, qui sont : La motivation ou détermination ferme ; L’entraînement ou familiarité ; La culture des semences positives ou graine de vertu ; La renonciation à l’ego; L’aspiration (dédier son …
Practical Meditation; Dharma Roadside Assistance
Meditation in a practical, simple yet essential approach. “Bring Your Own Questions” session. No question is off limit. Please see brief overview on Practical Meditation for our discussion: https://tsony.com/dharma-downloads/ Gentleness with yourself is essential in …
The Cittamatra School of Thoughts and its Influence on Mahamudra
The Chittamatra school of thoughts The teachings of the Cittamatra system are based on the third turning of the dharma wheel and texts by Maitreya, Asanga and Vasubandhu. They include a number of important …
Last Saturday of October Study Afternoon
The Sutra Recalling The Qualities Of The Three Jewels Part I: The Buddha -continued The Tibetan term for Buddha, Sangyé, is explained as follows: Sang means ‘awakening’ from the sleep of ignorance, and ‘purifying’ the darkness of …
Exploring the True Nature of Mind
A Retreat of Meditation with Instructions from the Mahamudra-The Ocean of True Meaning of the Ninth Karmapa. Mahamudra-The Ocean of True Meaning contains the essence of the Buddhist path of liberation that the Buddha Shakyamuni taught …
Finding Your Internal and External Coherency
Finding Your Internal and External Coherency If we look beyond the mesmerizing glimmer of appearances, we progressively discover a world of wonder. Mind is a cognitive space that contains all the seeds of manifestation. Love …
Boundless Awakening: The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, Part Two: Insight Meditation
Boundless Awakening: The Heart of Buddhist Meditation Theoretical study and guided practice. Everyone is welcome from “absolute beginners” to “almost enlightened” “Whatever arises from the mind is of the nature of the mind. …