Suffering

Our lives are sometimes so busy with meetings, work, holidays and other distractions, that it’s easy to forget the Dharma among the highs and lows. Whatever the situation we find ourselves in, the lam-rim indicates four points that we can contemplate to ground ourselves, bring...

The path to lasting happiness avoids the pitfalls of acting out of ignorance and eliminates instead the confusion causing all our suffering.

The true suffering in life that we all face is that, with the types of limited bodies and minds that we have, we perpetuate our problems.

Renunciation is the determination to be free of our sufferings and their causes. When focused on others, with the determination that they be free, this is compassion.

These teachings from “Advice of an Experienced Old Man” by Gungthang Rinpoche deal with the sufferings of old age and lay the ground for bodhichitta.

Nurturing the basic human values, assisted with the use of intelligence, is the way to lead a meaningful life.

There are many ways to help when we meet someone in need.

By applying methods for developing patience, we can avoid the problems that anger causes.

An introduction to the Four Noble Truths, Buddha’s unique approach to the problem of suffering, and how it can be solved.

The lam-rim, or graded stages of the Buddhist path, take us from an ordinary limited being to a fully enlightened Buddha.