Verses 1-3 Recap  Last time we began the text Wheel of Sharp Weapons, with the introductory verse which was basically just giving the name of the text, and paying homage, or showing respect to Yamantaka. That is the embodiment of wisdom, or clarity of mind, to cut through...

Verses 4-6 Recap  We started the text, and the text so far has introduced the analogy of bodhisattvas with peacocks. Just as peacocks don’t thrive or don’t feed themselves on medicine plants that would give nourishment to others – they prefer plants of poison – similarly...

Verses 7-9 Recap We have been looking at this text, this first attitude training text, or lojong, or mind training, Wheel of Sharp Weapons by Dharmarakshita. We’ve seen that bodhisattvas – people who are trying to reach enlightenment, who have this aim of bodhichitta to reach...

Verses 10-11 Recap  In our discussion of the text Wheel of Sharp Weapons, we have spoken about how we need to change our attitude about self and others. We’ve seen that this attitude of cherishing ourselves – which means to consider ourselves the most precious, the most...

Intermittently Manifest Mental Factors Like primary consciousness, the five types of deep awareness and the ten ever-functioning and ascertaining mental factors, the rest of the mental factors also have no beginning. Although they share the same essential nature as the...

The superficial and deepest truths of anything are those phenomena that the valid conceptual and non-conceptual cognitions, scrutinizing superficial truth on the one hand or deepest truth on the other, take as their involved objects and explicitly apprehend.

The Dalai Lama’s thoughts on issues in Western society, ranging from education, health, and human rights to materialistic lifestyles.

Cultures play a large role in shaping the form of the personal interactions of their members. Just as the child-parent relation differs from one society and time to another, so does the relationship between spiritual seeker and spiritual teacher. It is only natural, then, that...

Much confusion has arisen in Tibetan Buddhism about Dharma protectors, therefore it is beneficial to examine their history in Buddhism to better understand what role they play on the path to enlightenment.

Universal ethics are values that can be accepted by everyone on earth, and which lead to peace, harmony and happiness.