The Relation between Incorrect Consideration of Nonstatic as Static and of Suffering as Happiness We were speaking about our incorrect consideration of things that change. We consider that something like a relationship is going to last forever, whereas, in fact, it is...

Following an extensive teaching tour across the globe, Dr. Berzin presented several suggestions concerning the operating policies of Buddhist Dharma centers in foreign countries to the Dalai Lama. Read his observations and recommendations.

Day One: Opening Addresses Welcoming Speeches by the Host Institution Prof. Dr. Ing. Habil. Monika Auweter-Kurtz, President of the University of Hamburg Prof. Dr. Ludwig Paul, Dean of the Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg Rinchen Khandro Chogyal,...

Session Four, Day Two: History of the Vinaya Lineages Bhikkhu Sujato, Abbot of the Santi Forest Monastery, Sydney, Australia “The Origin of the Three Existing Vinaya Lineages: Theravada, Dharmaguptaka, and Mulasarvastivada” Indian ordination lineages did not develop...

Morning Session, Day Three: Welcome and Keynote Speeches Welcoming Speech Dr. Roland Salchow, State Councilor of the Department of Science and Research, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany Bishop Maria Jepsen, First Female Bishop of the Lutheran Church, North...

The Relation between the Object of Refutation in Voidness and the Ease of Understanding Voidness as Dependent Arising Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II: [In the context of cognition of conventional truth] because there are cognizing minds (shes-pa), that’s why there are objects...

Aryadeva’s treatise discusses how to build up the positive potential for understanding voidness and how to gain correct cognition of the deepest truth.

When I became a Chakravartin king, I offered the earth with its oceans, its four continents filled with jewels to all buddhas of the past.There was nothing loved nor treasured I did not surrender so I might fully seek the dharmakaya. For eons, I gave even my cherished life, as...

The historical precedent of how the Dharma from India was preserved in Tibet suggests how to protect the heritage of the Dharma in the West.

Also called “The King of Glorious Sutras, the Sublime Golden Light,” this sutra is recited throughout the Mahayana Buddhist world for building up positive force (merit).