Alan Wallace on the topic of Shamatha
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.

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.

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: Atisha’s Verses, Part 2 – Another precious teaching we encourage you to watch and put into practice.

The Way of Compassion Dharma Center is happy to announce a series of Friday evening film nights hosted at the Third Street Center in Carbondale. Join us for an evening of community, friendship, and thought-provoking entertainment every Friday this summer. This Friday, June 30th, there will be a special screening of the new Dalai Lama…

Here I shall say nothing that has not been said before, And in the art of prosody I have no skill. I therefore have no thought that this might be of benefit to others; I wrote it only to habituate my mind.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s advice for the New Year delivered during his address at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies’s 50th Anniversary in Sarnath, Varanasi, India on January 1, 2018. His Holiness speaks in Tibetan followed by an English translation.

Video excerpt from Living in the Path, Realizing the Lamrim, All Topics: Advice for Realizing the Lamrim. This video is helpful as we engage in the teachings on the Lamrim with Venerable Gyalten Samten.
“The one time people ask me about ethics is when scandals or controversies happen in Buddhist communities,” says Mingyur Rinpoche. But, as he notes, ethical conduct has always been central to the Buddhist path. Here he explains what it means to live a virtuous life, what a student a should look for in a teacher,…