A brief history of the spread of Tibetan Buddhism among the Oirat and Kalmyk Mongols in Russia prior to the founding of the Soviet Union

A brief history of the spread of Tibetan Buddhism among the Buryat Mongols in Russia prior to the founding of the Soviet Union

A brief history of the spread of Tibetan Buddhism among the Turkic Tuvans in Russia prior to the founding of the Soviet Union

A brief history of the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in the Russian Empire prior to the founding of the Soviet Union

Points 1 and 2 “Lojong” is the Tibetan word usually translated as “mind training,” but I don’t find this translation terribly appropriate, because it seems to imply an exclusively intellectual activity to most people. “Lo” means “attitude” while “jong” means both “to cleanse”...

Recognizing Our Mental Blocks The mahamudra teachings also emphasize the importance and need for extensive preliminary practice. The point of such practice, for example making hundreds of thousands of prostrations, is to purify ourselves of the grossest levels of obstacles...

The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition  This is a topic, which we find in many different traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. It derives from India. Specifically, we’re looking at the tradition that’s found in the Gelug lineage, and it is known as the Gelug-Kagyu tradition of mahamudra,...

The essence of ethics is peace and non-violence. If applied, we not only benefit ourselves, but society as a whole.

The Importance of Vows in Tantra  Attaining enlightenment through the sutra path takes a very long time, three zillion eons, and if our bodhichitta is really, really strong, then we want to find a method that is going to build up this positive force more efficiently and...

A detailed analysis of the cultural and historical contexts of the Kalachakra list of the prophets of the future non-Indic invaders, together with some arguments for and against the varied interpretations concerning debatable points about them.