Thubten Jinpa: A Fearless Heart

For when, with irreversible intent, The mind embraces bodhicitta, Willing to set free the endless multitudes of beings, In that instant, from that moment on,   A great unremitting stream, A strength of wholesome merit, Even during sleep and inattention, Rises equal to the vastness of the sky.

Mingyur Rinpoche speaks about what the mind is. What a lovely sense of humor and lightness about our minds!

Bodhichitta, the awakened mind, Is known in brief to have two aspects: First, aspiring, bodhichitta in intention; Then active bodhichitta, practical engagement.   Shantideva, The Way of the Bodhisattva, Verse 15

We are honored to be able to host the Venerable Thubten Semkye from Sravasti Abbey for a series of teachings on the Six Paramitas. Venerable will be here July 13-15. We will be posting more details soon. To learn more about Venerable, click here – Ven. Thubten Semkye.

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

 “… we begin to see that enduring well-being is not found through striving and applying effort in our meditation practice, but rather by letting go and opening to the wisdom of the present moment. “Non-distraction” helps us to see that while we do not need to strive and strain to get meditation right, letting…