Three Jewels

A Precious Human Rebirth It is very important to appreciate the fact that we have a precious human body as a working basis and that it enjoys all the various respites from all the difficult situations with no chance to practice and that it also has the enriching factors of...

Contemplation on the Rare Precious Human Life, Certainty of Death and Necessity of Dharma  We’ve been talking about the precious human rebirth that we have all achieved. This precious human rebirth has the eight respites and ten enrichments necessary for Dharma practice. We...

Working on ourselves to overcome our shortcomings and realize all our potentials is the safest and most meaningful direction we can put in our lives.

The foundations of the Buddhist spiritual path are succinctly summarized in a four-line verse written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and explored in an in-depth explanation.

When we formally orient our lives with the safe and positive direction of refuge, we commit ourselves to actions for training, which are helpful for maintaining this direction.

We need to have confidence in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha to make our refuge firm.

There are various types of actions that indicate the practical application of refuge in our daily lives and what we actually need to do in order to maintain that direction.

This text speaks about the Three Precious Gems, from which we take refuge and about the basis on the mental continuums of all of us, namely Buddha-nature, that allows for our actualizing a highest state of enlightenment.

The Dalai Lama provides the background and context of this fundamental text on Buddha-nature and analyzes in depth its first verses.

Everyday practice of praise and prostration, sutra recitation, and dedication.