Chér.e.s Ami.e.s Je vous propose de nous retrouver pour la session en français, le samedi 29 Mars, 2025 à 16:00, heure européenne (CET). Rejoignez-nous en cliquant sur ce lien (French language only,for the English session, …
Dharma Roadside Dialogue 2025
View PostDarmstadt: “Bring your Own Question” Session
Details TBA Due to the large distance between the seats, the participants* have to register for the group meditation by email . We have created a hygiene concept that can be read or downloaded here. Karmapa Thaye Dorje said …
Pratique de Tchènrézi
View PostMusing on Impermanence During a Rainy Day
View PostParesse et Procrastination?
Combien d’entre nous ont le désir sincère de progresser sur le chemin spirituel mais se laissent emporter par leurs activités quotidiennes et ne s’approchent jamais du coussin de méditation ou d’une lecture contemplative? Ce que …
Les 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 …
La Pratique Condensée de l’Entraînement de l’Esprit en les Cinq Forces au Moment de la mort
View PostFrom Boxing to Dancing, the Benefit of Fluidity
View PostMilarepa Doha
View PostMeditation in Miami
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Bring Your Own Questions
Nothing is off topic! Everyone is welcome.
Practical Meditation
Meditation is widely recognized to relieve stress and fatigue, enhance calmness and clarity, and cultivate mindfulness. This 4-week class will include explanation and guided exercises, with beginner instructions given at every session. Four Wednesdays: January …
Comment 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 …
Licking Honey on the Razor Blade
The hazardous adventures of fearless compassionate wisdom in a world of change. Embrace this time and culture and turn it into enlightening art. We are faced with chaos in unknown uncharted territories, a time of …
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 …
Somber Day In Virginia
View PostAutumn 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
Some Advice for a Moment of Sitting.
View PostDialogue et Questions Réponses
Une soirée Parisienne de dialogue. Venez avec vos questions et sujets que vous souhaitez voir abordés.
The Sacred Mystery. Compassion and Emptiness Being Indissociable
View PostFreedom is Happiness, Happiness is Freedom
View PostReflection on Christmas
View PostLa 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 …
Licking Honey off a Razor Blade
View PostAtisha 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 …
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 …
La Septuple Prière et l’Entrainement de l’Esprit
View PostFour Dharma of Gampopa. Part IV, The Confusion Dawns as Wisdom
I will briefly explain the nectar of his speech that is renowned as “The Four Dharmas.” These say: [“Grant your blessings so that] 1) Dharma turns into dharma 2) Dharma turns into the path 3) …