Dzogchen and Mahamudra, Two Great Paths
Dzogchen and Mahamudra, the Great Perfection and the Great Seal, are powerful meditative systems for revealing the nature of mind.
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Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche remembers Arbie Thalacker
Remembrance of Arbie Thalacker by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, dharma teacher and president of the Karmapa Foundation.
Holistic or Radical Dzogchen?
Three books on Dzogchen reviewed by Sam van Schaik from Summer 2010.
Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness
The ability to dissolve thoughts is essential to attaining liberation, says renowned Dzogchen teacher Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. Devotion and Pure Perception are two principles that lie at the root of Vajrayana practice that lead beyond confusion to thought-free wakefulness. Meditation training, in the sense of sustaining the nature of mind, is a way of being…
Buddhadharma Deep Dive: What is Mind?
Deep Dive Buddhist Teachings on the Nature of Mind What is Mind? This selection of Buddhist teachings from across traditions sheds light on our mind’s everyday workings and its potential to become empty, clear, and blissful. Featuring Judy Roitman, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Guo Gu, and more. back to top
The Daily Practice of Self-Kindness
You have enlightened nature, says Pema Khandro Rinpoche. If you truly know that, you’ll always be kind to yourself.
Footsteps of Buddha: Buddhist Pilgrimage in India
Read an excerpt from Footsteps of Buddha, the upcoming photography book by James Gritz—a visually rich and spiritually grounded reflection on twenty years of pilgrimage to India’s most sacred Buddhist sites.
La liberación natural de los hábitos
Cuando reconoces la verdadera naturaleza de la mente, dice el maestro de Dzogchen, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, todos los patrones habituales son liberados naturalmente en el espacio de sabiduría. Eso incluye al hábito último conocido como samsara.
El yogui errante
Siendo un autor best-seller y una estrella ascendente en el mundo budista, un día, Mingyur Rinpoche salió y dejó todo atrás. Andrea Miller comparte su reporte acerca de un lama moderno desafiando el camino antiguo de los yogis errantes.
Is it ever appropriate for a Buddhist teacher to be wrathful with a student?
The teachers are asked "Is it ever appropriate for a teacher to be wrathful with a student?"