An extensive glossary of Tibetan-English astro terms not found in most dictionaries.

Mahamudra texts contain special Tibetan terminology not found in many dictionaries. Dr. Berzin offers English translations of many of them, based on explanations by Beru Khyentse Rinpoche.

Wutaishan 五台山 (Ri-bo rtse-lnga), the five-peaked sacred mountain of Manjushri in Shanxi 山西, China, has 57 Buddhist monasteries. The first of these, Xiantong Si 显通寺, was founded in the seventh-cen­tury when a stupa was brought there from Baima Si 白马寺, according to tradition,...

Is There a Common-Denominator Temporal Interval? The Gelug Prasangika Position  We were speaking about the issue of a common denominator. Is there an actual temporal interval, somehow like a blank screen, that’s the basis for labeling by different persons with many...

The destruction of the Buddhist monasteries in China began in 1945 in Manchuria, spread to Tibet from 1959 and then to Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang with the Cultural Revolution in 1966.

The Topics for Investigation Our topic for this weekend seminar is “Karma: Who’s to Blame?” There are actually three topics involved in this discussion: karma, the self – “me” – and blame. If we want to examine this question, then we need to analyze and understand what we mean...

Long before translators began to render Tibetan Buddhist texts into Western languages, the Mongols had successfully undertaken this task.

Using traditional examples, Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche explains the graded path, emphasizing the importance of appreciating and taking full advantage of our precious human life.

Our precious human life allows us to achieve liberation from uncontrollably recurring rebirth and reach the enlightened state of a Buddha through Dharma practice.

Continuation of Refraining from Using Divisive Language Yesterday, we were speaking about the fifth destructive action, which is using divisive language. We have already covered the three destructive actions of body and the first of speech. We were discussing the second...