We can’t just blindly meditate, says Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Our practice must be illuminated by deep, critical study of the Buddhist teachings.
Buddha’s Original Wakefulness
“Unless we can recognize and sustain the continuity of original wakefulness, deluded experience will not end,” says Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. “It is the most important point of all.”
Tibetan lama meets Voice of God
“Close to the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche met a new friend, Morgan Freeman.”
Profile: Rangjung Yeshe Institute
Photo by Michael Eisenbach.Andrea Miller profiles the Rangjung Yeshe Insitute.
Dzongsar Rinpoche and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche on translation project
The 100-year project to translate the words of the Buddha, known as the “Buddhist Literary Heritage Project,” has changed its name.
The Natural State of Happiness
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche presents five noble qualities that enable us to experience our ever-present natural happiness.
Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness
Chökyi Nyima RinpocheChökyi Nyima RinpocheThe 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 […]