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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Excerpts from the Mahamudra Prayer
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View PostExploring 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 …
About Meditation, Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
View PostThe Relics
View PostEl Sūtra de los 35 Budas & Recitaciones Adicionales
View PostBuilding Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche Reliquary in Natural Bridge, VA
View PostMasters of the Kagyu Golden Rosary
View PostBoundless 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. …
Boundless Awakening: The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, Part One: Calm Abiding
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. Water …
Boundless Awakening: The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, Part One: Calm Abiding
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. Water …
Luminous Way in Days of Despair
View PostDay of Worldwide Commemoration of Shamar Rinpoche’s Parinirvana
Generating the Causes and Conditions for the Swift Return of Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche Celebrating an anniversary is a group affair, a time when we can gather together around an event in order to nurture a shared memory. In …
Day-long Retreat to Commemorate the Second Anniversary of the Parinirvana of Shamar Rinpoche
“Mani-Thon” Join us for a day-long retreat led by dharma teacher Tsony, to commemorate the second anniversary of the Parinirvana of Shamar Rinpoche. Saturday June 11, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm To generate compassion for …
Guru Yoga Practice of the 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
To conclude the series on the preliminary practices and more precisely the Guru Yoga, we’ll study the Guru Yoga Practice of the 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, that he composed himself in his teen age years, …