What is Shamatha – Alan Wallace
Buddhist teacher Alan Wallace about Shamatha. Interview by Study Buddhism.

Buddhist teacher Alan Wallace about Shamatha. Interview by Study Buddhism.

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.

The Way of Compassion Dharma Center introduces our new online community. We have created an online network where we can all connect and share in the path to full awakening on a daily basis. We are sharing resources, event announcements, archived teachings, live broadcast links, quotes, posts, and much more. When you join you can…

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.

The Way Of Compassion Dharma Center was honored to host Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi this past Saturday, June 10th. Over seventy people gathered at the Third Street Center in Carbondale for two teaching sessions on Bodhicitta, also known as Great Compassion. Venerable Tenzin based the talk on the text, Vast As The Heavens, Deep As The…

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“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,…