Preserve the Sky Burials at Gar Monastery DDSC_ Gar Cemetery-Preserving the Sky Burial His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche enthusiastically expressed the importance of the sacred burial ground, Gar Cemetery, and described the story of its creation. It is important to provide a sacred place filled with many blessings and to create a mandala where a body […]
Do not waste a single moment, like a warrior who, pierced to the heart by an arrow, knows he has only few minutes to live. It is now, while we are in good health and in possession of all our physical and mental faculties, that we should practice dharma. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
“Ah, powerful lord of space, omnipresent vajra, you must come to the definitive conclusion that none of the phenomena of samsara and nirvana exist, but are all empty, and realize their nature to be that of ineffability (med-pa).” — Vajrapani
Words from Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön, as remembered by Chenga Drakpa Jungné (in “The Vajra Mind”) Again, the Precious Lord said: “There is an instruction on loving-kindness which I shall give to you.” He then taught. The object for generating loving-kindness is one who has shown you great kindness. The cause of loving-kindness (arising in you) […]
The Drikung Kagyu is called the “blessing lineage”, faith and devotion to the guru is considered to be the most important. Through guru devotion, it is possible that we can gain liberation in a single life time with a single body. It is said that depending on the compassion of the guru and the devotion […]
Permissions and Prohibitions: Their Mode of Abiding – Khenchen Könchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche May it be virtuous. You master the objects of knowledge, you are the embodiment of compassion, the friends of living beings. I bow down with devotion to the lamas, who show unmistakenly what is to be adopted and what is to be abandoned. […]
To understand sacred commitments related to Vajrayana empowerments, it is necessary to place them in the general context of Buddhist vows. Refuge vows Those who follow Buddha’s teachings begin the path by first taking the refuge vows, placing themselves under the protection of the Three Jewels, the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Lay people and monks […]
Meditation Towards Liberation – Nibbāna / Nirvana The meditation methods that have been preserved in Sri Lanka since the establishment of the Buddhist Order (particularly among forest-dwelling monastic communities) around 200 BC. The meditation methods described in this short note are the outcome of many years of research, including discussions with forest-dwelling monks deeply engaged […]
Join your palms and recite: We read in the Vimalakirti Nirdesha Sutra, that Tara says: “In this life there is no such distinction as ‘male’ and ‘female,’ ‘self-identity,’ ‘a person,’ nor any perception (of such). Therefore, attachment to the idea of ‘male’ and ‘female’ is quite worthless. Weak-minded worldlings are continually deluded by this.” However, […]
