There are innumerable types of destructive or constructive actions that arise respectively from our destructive karmic impulses or constructive karmic impulses. Although all of our actions occur only through the gateway of one of our three gateways – body, speech or mind –...

By deeply contemplating the many forms of suffering present throughout samsara, practitioners develop genuine renunciation and the determination to attain lasting liberation from uncontrollably recurring rebirth.

A prayer by Tsongkhapa to be able to engage in constructive actions at the beginning, middle and end of the path to enlightenment.

I prostrate to all the Triumphant (Buddhas) in the ten directions, together with their spiritual offspring. (1) May the boundless prayers I have offered with a pure, exceptional resolve to be able to free countless wandering beings from their compulsive existence be fulfilled...

I pay heartfelt homage to all of you Buddhas and sons of the Buddhas in all ten directions. (1) May the powerful Three Jewels of Refuge in Buddha, his assembly and teachings, all lacking deceit, and the might of the masters who teach what is true fulfill boundless prayers of...

An in-depth look into Vasubandhu’s and Asanga’s classifications of tainted phenomena, which perpetuate samsara.

Introduction  This evening we are going to be speaking about ways of knowing; in other words, cognition theory, and how it is that we know things – how our cognition actually works. This is an important topic since it relates very much to how we experience the four noble...

Review of the Main Points of the Lam-rim The lam-rim is divided into three scopes, each with different states of mind that act as pathways enabling us to reach enlightenment. This structure was first formulated by the great eleventh-century Indian master Atisha, who was...

Verses 18 through 24 Brief Review We have this incredibly precious human life, on the basis of which we can attain liberation and enlightenment. It’s very rare to have such a rebirth. It passes quickly and can end at any moment, so we need to take full advantage of it. To do...

Lama Lubsan Sandan Tsydenov Bidiya Dandarovich Dandaron (1916–1974) is considered the successor of the Balagat movement, a peculiar tradition created by Lama Lubsan Sandan Tsydenov (1850–1922). Tsydenov was a disciple of the same Namnane Lama as was Agvan Dorzhiev (1853–1938)...