Meditation

Distinguish the person from their behavior, to forgive them without condoning their actions.

Starting from equanimity and acknowledging and appreciating motherly love, we develop love and compassion for everyone and the bodhichitta aim to become Buddhas to be of best help to them all.

What has been listened to, what has been thought about and what has been meditated upon are types of conceptual cognition.

Kriya tantra (ritual tantra) is found in the Nyingma and Sarma classification schemes. It’s a practice with deity visualization that emphasizes cleanliness, vegetarianism and purification.

Tsongkhapa explains the factors required for effective meditation in both sutra and tantra practice and how both practices are necessary for cognizing voidness (emptiness) with a joined state of shamatha and vipashyana.

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