2016 Event Gallery
Special Programs throughout 2016.
Entries by drikungdharmasurya
Compassion and the Individual – The 14th Dalai Lama
Only Genuine Compassion Will Do Before we can generate compassion and love, it is important to have a clear understanding of what we understand compassion and love to be. In simple terms, compassion and love can be defined as positive thoughts and feelings that give rise to such essential things in life as hope, courage, […]
A Wonderful Mind: Teachings on the Refuge, Bodhisattva, and Tantric Vows – H.E. Garchen Rinpoche
MEANING OF REFUGE If you have already received the refuge vow before, in all four traditions it is the same. The Three Jewels are always the same. So if you have received refuge before, you do not have to receive it again. But you may if you wish. But even if you have received it […]
Meditating on the Non-Duality of Self and Others – H.E. Garchen Rinpoche
Meditating on the Non-Duality of Self and Others – Amitabha Teaching called Revealing the Path to Liberation by His Eminence Garchen Triptul Rinpoche “Look at the mind that is free of subject – object duality!” This is the point that we will contemplate. When you do not grasp at subject – object duality, when you […]
Lama’s Blessings and Karma – The Dalai Lama & H.E. Garchen Rinpoche
The Dalai Lama: “Let me begin by explaining what we mean by blessing when we talk about a lama’s blessing or the blessing of the Dharma in the Buddhist context. Blessing must come from within your own mind. It is not something that comes from outside, even though we talk about a lama’s blessing or […]
A Message from H.E. Garchen Rinpoche regarding the Rise of Environmental Challenges in the World
a This is a message to all the Buddhists in the world. In general, anyone who practices a religion, any religion, needs love and compassion. This love and compassion is to be directed towards all sentient beings: “May all sentient beings have happiness and may they be free from suffering.” Therefore, when people anywhere suffer […]
Nine Sublime Days with His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche – August 2015, Fairfax, Virginia
Purification and Obstacle Removal Shitro (100 Deities) Empowerment Six Bardos Teachings Special 4-day Stages of Meditation DUE TO LIMITED SEATING, EVENT PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AT aENGLISH and VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION HOTELS and TRANSPORTATION to DDSC TEMPLE & GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Click for various Local Lodging Options) a Aug 13 – Aug 14, 2015: […]
2015 Event Gallery
Special events throughout 2015.
Calm Abiding Meditation Instructions – Traga Rinpoche
Calm Abiding Meditation Instructions by Venerable Traga Rinpoche The topic of discussion this evening is calm abiding meditation or shamata meditation. So Rinpoche says he’ll explain the method for engaging in shamatha meditation briefly, without getting too extensive. But to begin with, at the outset of engaging in shamatha meditation, it is really important to […]
A River That Cannot Be Frozen – H.E. Garchen Rinpoche
You are so fortunate to have met the Dharma with devotion. The essence of Dharma is the two bodhicittas: relative bodhicitta is the noble mind focusing on others; ultimate bodhicitta is emptiness – looking at your own mind. If you find it difficult to see your own mind, it is due to obscurations which come […]
Quotes from Garchen Rinpoche & Meditation Instructions & Biography
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