Even non-Buddhists can have valid apprehension of voidness, but not non-conceptional cognition, and thus cannot achieve a true stopping of suffering.

The Mechanism of Karmic Causes Giving Rise to Karmic Results If we properly understand that there is no such thing as self-established existence (rang-bzhin-gyis grub-pa, inherent existence), we understand conventional existence established in terms of dependent arising. But...

Altai under the Dzungarian Khanate The Altai Republic is situated in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia and borders Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. Its native inhabitants are presently known as Altaians, consisting of several peoples of Turkic ethnicity speaking...

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,...