Category: Buddhist Wisdom
The Ground of Basic Goodness
The Shambhala Sun is based on a simple, commonplace experience, says Chogyam Trungpa. Noticing it, we discover the basic goodness of our world and our lives as human beings. Cultivating it through meditation, we can cheer up and help others.
The Mahamudra Lineage
Osel Tendzin on Mahamudra and the lineage of Naropa, Marpa & Milarepa.
Padmasambhava gives Advice to King Trisong Detsen I
A translated passage in which Padmasambhava gives advice to Trisong Detsen I following the consecration of a construction site.
The Buddhist Teaching of Emptiness
Dainin Katagiri Roshi teaches on the Buddhist concept of emptiness.
A Certain Part of Gray’s Anatomy
Spalding Gray recounts an episode in his life, in which he goes to a Native American Sweat Lodge.
The Seven Points of Training the Mind
The Seven Points of Training the Mind, as translated Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.