Make your vow to help others real with this meditation teaching from Pema Chödrön.
Everybody Loves Something
According to Pema Chödrön, love and compassion are like the weak spots in the walls of ego.
How to Practice Shamatha Meditation
Shamatha meditation is the foundation of Buddhist practice. Lama Rod Owens teaches us a version from the Vajrayana tradition.
The Why and How of Lojong, or Mind Training
The teachings on lojong, are an invaluable aid to practitioners. They show us how the wisdom and skillful means of the Mahayana can actually be put to use.
Oh Tara, Protect Us
In this teaching, Thubten Chodron comments on a prayer to the buddha Tara to protect us from the eight dangers.
Be Free of Suffering
Pema Chödrön offers a bodhicitta practice for generating love and compassion for all human beings.
This Is My Mind, Luminous and Empty
In Vajrayana, the fast track to awakening is to look directly at your own mind and discover its true nature. Tsoknyi Rinpoche shows us how.
The Compassionate Attitude of Bodhichitta
Tsoknyi Rinpoche talks about how the most important thing in spiritual practice is motivation and the wish to free all beings from suffering.
The Sacred Feminine
In Vajrayana Buddhism, dakinis are seen as unbridled and enlightened feminine energy. Lama Tsultrim Allione on how she discovered her own dakini power.
Feed the Right Wolf
Pema Chödrön describes the process of looking compassionately and honestly at our own minds. In the end, she says, freeing ourselves from anger and hostility comes down to choosing which wolf we want to feed.