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, […]
Message From Garchen Rinpoche About Supporting DDSC Physical Center VIETNAMESE Message from Garchen Rinpoche on 17 April 2013 Virginia CHINESE Message from Garchen Rinpoche on 17 April 2013 Virginia SPANISH Message from Garchen Rinpoche on 17 April 2013 Virginia-spanish
Approaching the Guru – A talk on devotion by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, given in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado at the commemoration of the death of His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. To tell you the truth, I think I am the wrong person to talk about guru devotion, because I don’t have it. This is […]
Translated by Ina Bieler & Transcribed by Florence Lee Vajrakilaya Empowerment First, I would like to say Tashi Delek to all my dharma friends, high and low or in between. This gathering is very significant today because it is an assembly of the Sangha. As a Sangha, all of you have come here today to […]
The Subduer said that all the unbearable suffering of bad rebirths is the fruit of wrongdoing Therefore, even at the cost of your life, never do wrong –This is the practice of Bodhisattvas The eighth stanza concerns karma, one’s actions or deeds, and the result or consequence of them. In this life, all the suffering […]
Social Media Guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students published on January 17, 2013 by Siddhartha’s Intent A Buddhist organization under the direction of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche http://www.siddharthasintent.org/2013/01/social-media-guidelines-for-so.html If you think or believe that you are a student of Vajrayana–whether or not that’s true is another matter–but as long as you think you are a Vajrayana practitioner, […]
So there may come a time when you may ask, “What is the sign of accomplishing this mahamudra practice, perhaps clairvoyance, perhaps levitation?” The most important sign of realizing mahamudra is compassion. The great Khenpo [Munsel] Rinpoche from whom I received teachings said things like clairvoyance, levitation, and so forth are not the qualities of […]
