Alan Wallace on Dzogchen
A wonderful and concise talk by Alan Wallace on Dzogchen.

A wonderful and concise talk by Alan Wallace on Dzogchen.

Even though we may know how important meditation is, many of us either struggle with maintaining a meditation practice or don’t even know where to begin to start one. Seeing this, John has created a 28 day meditation course to allow anyone, whether they are a complete beginner or an experienced meditator trying to be more…

Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche taught in San Francisco on August 18, 2011. In this video, she asks “what impedes happiness?” especially as it relates to Buddhist practitioners.

Reposted from Sravasti Abbey – www.sravastiabbey.org Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was one of Tibetan Buddhism’s greatest scholars and yogis. His brilliant illumination of Buddha’s teachings shines through to this day in his Lamrim Chenmo—The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment—and other profound texts. His spiritual heirs include His Holiness the Dalai Lama….

In this short video, Alan Wallace describes shamatha, also known as calm abiding or concentration meditation. This meditation is foundational for having a serviceable mind.

“True compassion brings with it the dispelling of internal tensions, a state of calmness and serenity.” – 14th Dalai Lama Join us for day of meditation and Dharma practice focused on cultivating compassion for ourselves and others. Bodhicitta (Great Compassion) is foundational to Mahayana Buddhist teachings. Though these teachings are Buddhist, they contain universal truths and…

Samsara is not the planet, the planet is perfectly in sync, it’s the minds of the beings that inhabit the planet that makes it samsara or nirvana. When you enter nirvana you don’t suddenly disappear you’re still living on the same planet but the planet itself has transformed because the mind has transformed. It all…