Review We have discussed the source of our problems in life, our ignorance or unawareness concerning behavioral cause and effect and the nature of reality. Either we don’t understand them, or we understand them incorrectly. Because of our unawareness of the nature of reality,...

Many foreign myths have grown around the legend of Shambhala found in the Kalachakra literature. Some were spread to win military or political support, others appeared within occult movements and mixed Buddhist ideas with concepts from other systems of belief.

There are many misunderstandings about ngondro practices, such as that they are a miracle cure for all our problems.

Before the 1937 purges, Buddhism flourished in Mongolia. Learn about all the features of its monasteries and their customs.

Introduction Before the demolition of monasteries and monastic life in Mongolia in 1937, Mongolian lamas were trained to a high level in Buddhist philosophy or in other branches of Buddhist sciences countrywide in several monastic universities, where they took the highest...

Main Projects and Improvements during the Most Recent Years There has been great progress in recent years in the restoration of Buddhism in Mongolia.  In 2010, at the initiative of Günze Chimed and other students of the Ninth Bogdo Gegen, Gandantegchenlin Monastery (Tib....

Introduction Buddhism was still flourishing in Mongolia even at the beginning of the 20th century. But between 1937 and 1939, Stalinist forces destroyed all the monasteries, with the exception of several temple buildings that remained partly intact, killed masses of lamas, and...

Verses 4 through 6 Verse 4: Lessening Flightiness of Mind by Having Few Desires Let me rid myself of (desire for) material gain and honor and always rid myself of (desire for) profit and fame. So, let me have few desires, be content, and show appreciation for the kind acts...

Introduction Today, I’m here to teach on the Three Principal Aspects of the Path, a concise text written by Lama Tsongkhapa. What I’ll share is not my own knowledge, but rather what has been taught to me by my own precious teachers. I do not have any realizations myself, but...

Muara Jambi is an ancient center of knowledge in Sumatra that spreads over more than 2,000 hectares and encloses 84 red-brick “temple complexes,” with a similar layout to those of Nalanda University.