Spiritual Teachers

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo discusses the value of mindfulness, how to find a spiritual teacher, and the role of women in Buddhism.

The classic texts on the graded path (lam-rim) speak about the benefits or advantages of having a healthy relation with a spiritual teacher.

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche: Master Debate Partner and Assistant Tutor of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche’s experience of being recognized as a reincarnation.

The Dalai Lama’s view of a 21st-century Buddhist means having fuller knowledge about modern education and modern science, while having full conviction about Buddha’s teachings about limitless altruism, bodhichitta and the view of dependent arising.

The appropriate relationships with our teachers depend on our aim, our level of development.

When we receive inspiration, the uplifting transformation arises dependently on many causes and conditions.

Our relationship with our teacher needs to be based on a firm conviction in our teacher’s good qualities.

Even though attachment is a disturbing emotion, developing attachment to our teachers does have a certain benefit, since it leads to trust. What we need to watch out for is exaggerating their good qualities.

A detailed look at the different meanings of the term “Sangha” in the various Buddhist traditions.