A monthly series of talks and questions & answers sessions via Zoom, will take place every last Saturday of the month. Join Zoom Here! https://zoom.us/j/96413739082 From 1:30pm to 2:30pm EST, Tsony will give a talk on one of the themes …
Sunday Talk 2022 #05. Lojong 7/50. Do not depend on external circumstances
View PostDharma Roadside Dialogue Series. Defeat the Klesha.Part 3: By the depth of discernment
A monthly series of talks and questions & answers sessions via Zoom, will take place every last Saturday of the month. Join Zoom Here! https://zoom.us/j/96413739082 Warning! The transition to the summer timetable has already been made in the …
Dharma Roadside Dialogue Series. Defeat the Klesha.Part 2: By unlimited love and compassion
A monthly series of talks and questions & answers sessions via Zoom, will take place every last Saturday of the month. Join Zoom Here! https://zoom.us/j/96413739082 From 1:30pm to 2:30pm EST, Tsony will give a talk on one of …
Sunday Talk 2021 #25. Be like a Humble Servant Before All.Lojong 7-41,7-42.
View PostDharma Roadside Dialogue. The Great Yoga: You are well trained if you can even withstand distraction.
Join us for our monthly Dharma Roadside Dialogue Saturday November 27,2021 https://zoom.us/j/96413739082 In English: Join Zoom Here! From 1:30pm to 2:30pm EST, Tsony will give a talk on one of the themes requested by you! From …
Dharma 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 …
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 …
Anuttara Puja. The Sevenfold Prayer as an Ideal Lifestyle
Anuttara Puja (Skt. anuttara-puja) 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. …
Grudge in Ambush
View PostCompassionate 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 …
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 …
Lama Purtse-La
View PostUnderstanding the Nature of Mind by Gendun Rinpoche
View PostThe Sacred Mystery. Compassion and Emptiness Being Indissociable
View PostBuilding Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche Reliquary in Natural Bridge, VA
View PostPrière de l’Entraînement de l’Esprit en Sept Points
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 …
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 …
Luminous Way in Days of Despair
View PostKarma: Ce que c’est et n’est Pas; En quoi est-ce important.
Fondements du bouddhisme: 3) loi du karma Les 26 et 27 avril 19:30 à 21:30 Karma Kagyu Suisse avril 12, 2017 Qu’a dit le Bouddha? Quelles sont les bases de son enseignement? Comment peut-il nous …
Atisha et Gampopa, la Confluence des Deux Fleuves
La confluence des deux fleuves bka ‘phyag chu bo gnyis Les deux facettes, relative et essentielle, de la Bodhicitta constituent le chemin vers l’éveil. Les enseignements sur l’entraînement de l’esprit, dans …
Dharma Roadside Assistance & Tibetan Kagyu Lineage in Richmond, VA
Why we Meditate from a Buddhist Perspective https://www.facebook.com/events/640828906090209/ This Saturday @ Jefferson Park in Church Hill, Richmond VA 23223, Richmond, VA (map) Tsony | Dharma Roadside Assistance Saturday, Oct 15, 2016, 1:00 PM Jefferson ParkJefferson …
Practical Mindfulness Meditation
Relieve stress and Fatigue. Discover calmness and clarity. Cultivate mindfulness. Increase mental agility. A special 4 week series with explanation and guided exercises. No experience necessary. WHEN: Four Tuesday’s 1:00 pm-2:00pm October 11, …
The Practice of Chenrezig. Compassion and Wisdom, the Language of our Heart
The Practice of Chenrezig. Compassion and Wisdom, the Language of our Heart (in the Tradition of Tangtong Gyalpo) Fr. 7. April 2017, 19.30h Mitgefühl und Weisheit, die Sprache des Herzens Compassion and Wisdom, the language …
Karma Kagyü Sangha Graz, Austria. Meditation Retreat
Save the dates! Topic to be announced later. @ Schloss Retzhof Dorfstraße 17, 8430 Leitring, Austria
Karma Kagyü Sangha Graz, Austria. Public Lecture
Save the dates! Topic to be announced later.
Day-to-Day Buddhism @ New River Valley Bodhi Path, Blacksburg, VA
Nobody wants to suffer, and everyone wants to be happy. Buddhism offers many methods to find space in our busy lives for contemplation. Learning to meditate with experienced guidance can pacify our suffering and truly transform our life. Taking our experience of …
Gendun Rinpoche. Our Mind is a Succession of Moments of Awareness
View PostThe Seven Points of Mind Training
Seven Points of Mind Training Lojong (Tib. བློ་སྦྱོང་,Wylie: blo sbyong) is a mind training practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on a set of aphorisms formulated in Tibet in the 12th century by Chekawa Yeshe …
Study, Contemplation And Meditations Inspired By Excerpts Taken From Mind Training: The Great Collection
Study, Contemplation and meditations inspired by excerpts taken from Mind Training: The Great Collection, compiled by Shönu Gyalchok (ca. fourteenth-fifteenth centuries) and Könchok Gyaltsen (I388-1469) ASIN: B00J8ZZSX2 Compiled in the fifteenth century, Mind Training: The Great …