Detailed explanation of the Mahayana meditation of four close placements of mindfulness in terms of the sixteen aspects of the four noble truths.

Gungthang Rinpoche’s text warns us that before the Dharma practice of tomorrow takes place, the death of today may come sooner.

Our precious human life allows us to achieve liberation from uncontrollably recurring rebirth and reach the enlightened state of a Buddha through Dharma practice.

According to the lam-rim tradition, shamatha is a necessary prerequisite for all profound meditations, whether sutra insights into voidness or tantric generation and completion stages, because without it, absorbed concentration cannot be sustained, just as water cannot be held without a container.

The guideline for practicing the Mahayana path includes an introduction to the enlightening aim of bodhichitta, the ways of generating it, taking bodhisattva vows and training in the six far-reaching attitudes (paramitas).

The Kalachakra depiction of the non-Indic prophets and its prophecies of a future war with their followers must be understood in its historical and cultural context.

Attachment to someone is based on unrealistic projections; but with a more objective view, we can learn to relate to the person in a more loving and considerate way.