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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 …
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 …
Dharma Roadside Dialogues #10. How to Transform our Dualistic Vision by the Awareness of Impermanence
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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 …
Living the dharma – How to foster Bodhicitta in community life
Two zoom session to address the challenges and benefit of community life when cultivating the enlightened mind attitude (Bodhicitta) as the path to awakening. These session have been organized by the Bordo Bodhi Path in …
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 …
A Calm Mind in Turbulent Times: Zoom Meeting
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Les Perles de la Voie. Questions/Réponses
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The Path of the Sugatas
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The Instruction of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path. Part Four
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. …
Distraction and Lack of Persistence
View PostBoundless 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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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 …
Trust your Spine, Drop the Rest
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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, …
Laziness and Procrastination
How many of us have a sincere desire to progress on the spiritual path but get carried away by their daily activities and never approach the meditation cushion or contemplative reading? What we might call …
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. …
The Sevenfold Prayer as an Ideal Lifestyle
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View PostThe Sevenfold Prayer as an Ideal Lifestyle
The Sevenfold Prayer as an Ideal Lifestyle Shantideva recommends that his readers should practice the Supreme Worship as laid out in a text known as the Vow of Good Conduct (Skt. Bhadracarya-pranidhana), which forms part of the Array …
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View PostAnuttara Puja. The Sevenfold Prayer as an Ideal Lifestyle
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The Natural State of Mind is Space and Clarity
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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 …
Clarifying the Natural State. Part Two, Vipasyana and the Wisdom of Emptiness
Program 2019 Dakpo Tashi Namgyal’s essential instructions on how to unveil the genuine mind’s nature. A practical manual for both teacher and student alike, Clarifying the Natural State covers the path from mindfulness to complete …
The Boundless Creativity of Change. Appreciating the whole cycle of impermanence
Program 2019 We usually appreciate only half of the cycle of impermanence. We can accept birth but not death; accept gain but not loss. True liberation comes from appreciating the whole cycle and not grasping …
Wahres Mitgefühl. Universal Compassion
Program 2019 Wie kann man echtes Mitgefühl für sich selbst und andere entwickeln? Alle Wesen, deren Anzahl so unendlich ist wie der Raum, bleiben,da sie sich ihrer wahren Buddhanatur nicht bewusst sind, in der künstlichen …
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View PostWinter Meditation and Study Retreat. The Third Karmapa’s Mahamudra Prayer Part Two
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The Mahamudra Prayer by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje
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Clarifying the Natural State, Part Two. Vipashyana and the Wisdom of Emptiness.
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Clarifying the Natural State – Bodhi Path Miami February 2018.
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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 …
Meditation in Miami
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Bring Your Own Questions
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View PostTeachings from Milarepa’s Treasury of Dohas
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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, Part 1
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 …
Licking Honey on the Razor Blade
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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
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Awakened Life
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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
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Exploring the Path of Awakening of Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
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Clarifying the Natural State Text by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (1511-87). Essential instructions on mind’s nature and silent meditative discovery of it
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About Meditation, Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
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Freedom is Happiness, Happiness is Freedom
View PostTwo Meditation Sessions in Richmond, VA
10am @ Art Works (320 Hull Street, Richmond) 1pm @ YogaSource in Carytown (3122 W Cary St) More…