"Don’t worry…  You’re all tulkus … incarnations of beings who have taken the bodhisattva vow to raise all sentient bei...

So, then -- We can be thankful for the reawakened presence of Padmasambhava in our lives, no matter where we happen to be, and we c...

We have lived so long as to see this. The consequences of this simple act will reverberate through many lifetimes, and will ripen into...

A man born in Britain as David Alain, has died in France as the 38 year-old monk Lobsang Tonden. He killed himself at Nalanda Monastery, ...

The prayers for rain made by those who have lost their minds are very quickly answered with a shower so sweet, perfectly directed, so ...

Today is Veteran's Day: a national holiday in the United States, celebrating the service of all members of the armed forces. Would yo...

Dear Buddha, Please come out from the hiding place where my dualistic notions put you, and don't worry, this isn't a prayer......

Today, November 9, 2012, is generally regarded as the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. A family member just yesterday arrived ...

Today, we celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha's descent from heaven. Buddha's mother, Mayadevi, was reborn in Indra's heaven. To repa...

When the obstacles from earth, water, fire or air Endanger or destroy our illusory bodies, Without hesitation or divided mind we pray t...

In autumn, there is always one special morning of singular light and meaningful wind. Many magicians have tried to name it, usually with...

"Supplication to the Lineage, Beautiful Rosary of Jewels Homage to the single mother T’hroma Nagmo! The lama, the massive ...

His Eminence's profound, silent commentary on the nature of karma. Ah, there but for fortune, you think? There but for "fortune,...

This past Saturday, at Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, thousands of suffering beings inflicted further suffering upon thousands of other s...

"[H]ow do you put a price on a 5000 year old buried city containing multiple monasteries and settlements possibly going back to the ...

[ Field Notes ] Maybe it was 1970, or 1971, when I came to visit my Precious Teacher after one or the other eastern misadventure. He took...

Our beloved friend, Ninth Ogyen Tulku's seven CD set of recordings has been nominated for Taiwan's Best Religious Music Award ...

As previously reported in the following links, since 2009 we've been working to recreate Samye's famous "Same As Me" st...

"The usual problem we have when emotions arise is that we feel we are being challenged by them. We think that emotions will take ove...

Over the past three or four days, I've been spending time on the 'Net chatting about this and that with my friend. We began by di...