Question:Â I have heard very clearly the importance of patience on the path to protect love. Can you give some pith advice on what to do when you lose your patience over and over again. Garchen Rinpoche:Â When you lose your patience, you should recognize this and feel regret. Every time you should make the commitment […]
Homage Namo Arya Lokeshvara I always respectfully prostrate through my three doors to the Supreme Guru and protector Lokeshvara, who although seeing all phenomena as a devoid of going and coming, Endeavours one-pointedly to benefit sentient beings. First Practice The possession of this human base, this precious vessel so difficult to obtain, in order to […]
Question: Milarepa is said to have achieved liberation in one lifetime primarily through the practices of Tummo and Mahamudra. Is it possible to engage in these practices seriously and in depth if one cannot do extensive retreat, such as 3-Âyear retreat? What would Rinpoche recommend for a lay practitioner with minimal job commitments but with […]
Question: Yesterday Rinpoche spoke about different levels of the guru. When one receives the empowerments in Guru Yoga practice, are there different levels of empowerment corresponding to this? Please explain how to receive the empowerments from the guru in the practice of Guru Yoga.? Garchen Rinpoche: There is no separate empowerment for the Guru Yoga […]
At the command of Kyabje Garchen Triptrül Rinpoche Disclosure of the fourteen fundamental mantric downfalls: The vajra holders have taught that accomplishments follow after the master. Because of that, to mistreat the master is explained as the first fundamental downfall. To transgress the commands of Those Gone to Bliss is said to be the second […]
For the sake of all the sentient beings, one must see the truth, and eliminate this clinging to the self of the person and the self of the phenomena. Most of the time, our inspiration and devotion are very emotionally oriented. To do that, one has to have tsültrim, discipline, and then one must hear […]
Question: Rinpoche, you often mention the importance of compassion and love as the essence of practice and realization. How do we cultivate it without it being contrived? I have been taught that compassion is a naturally arising quality of the spontaneous nature of mind, so is it more important to spend time trying to rest […]
