Nalendra Monastery was established in the Penpo District of Central Tibet in 1425 by the great Sakya master Rongton Sheja Kunrig and his disciple Kunkyen Tashi Namgyal. The placement of the monastery on the land was fully in accordance with the rules of Tibetan geomancy.

Prophesied by both Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava and Atisha, the Palden Sakya Monastery in Central Tibet was established in 1073 by Konchog Gyalpo. It derives its name from the color of the soil of its location: “Sakya” means “gray earth.”

Then the great general of the yakshas called Samjnaya, along with the twenty-eight great generals of the yakshas, rose from his seat, put his upper robe over one shoulder and knelt on his right knee. Bowing in reverence in the direction of the Tathagata, he addressed the...

All the Indian traditions, including Buddhism, deal with the nature of the self. Examining the non-Buddhist positions on the topic, such as those of Samkhya and Nyaya, and contrasting them with the Buddhist assertions, is the method used for gaining accuracy and decisiveness...

Let’s compare the Samkhya, Nyaya and Buddhist explanations of the various characteristics of the atman, the self.  Assertions about Cognition  Samkhya Assertions about Cognition Samkhya says – this is very interesting because it sounds like our Western scientific...

Background  There were six schools of classical Indian philosophy, and these were the schools that were the opponents in the debates that the Buddhists had. Among those schools, the ones that were the most vocal or relevant in terms of the schools the Buddhists interacted...

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

Then the great goddess Sarasvati put her upper robe over one shoulder, knelt on her right knee and bowing in great reverence with her hands folded to the Tathagata, spoke thus: “O Venerable Transcendent Victor, I, the goddess Sarasvati, will also bestow eloquence in order to...

The secondary bodhisattva vows are to refrain from 46 faulty actions.

With the secondary tantric vows, we promise to refrain from “eight thick actions.” Committing them would hamper meditation practice and progress along the yoga tantra and anuttarayoga tantra paths.