Only the omniscient awareness of a Buddha can cognize all the causal factors that affect which specific “presently-happening result” arises from a karmic tendency.

The Relation between Objects of the Three Times We have seen that there is no common-locus of a “result, which is not yet happening,” a “result, which is presently happening,” and “a result, which is no longer happening.” Moreover, although a continuum can be validly imputed...

The Buddhist teachings in a nutshell: Avoid anything destructive, be constructive in all you do, and to be able to do that, tame your mind.

Introduction Thank you for your kind introductions. I’m very delighted to be here. This evening I would like to introduce a topic that I’ve been working on with a colleague, a psychiatrist, Dr. Catherine Ducommun-Nagy. The topic is dependent arising of the self in relations...

These verses of homage to Manjushri, delineating all his qualities, is considered part of the Kalachakra literature and contains reference to all the essential features of tantra.

A brief look at the daily life of a Buddhist practitioner.

An overview of the various Indian tenet systems’ view on how we view ourselves as persons in relation to the samsara-perpetuating five aggregates.

The Dalai Lama explains, in great depth, the essential points of the Fourth Panchen Lama’s own commentary elaborating his root text for the Gelug/Kagyu tradition of mahamudra.

The three trainings and the eightfold path in the context of Buddhist science and philosophy.

Reminders before Trying Mahamudra Meditation on the Conventional Nature of the Mind  We were talking about these mental factors or subsidiary awarenesses that are very much involved in any meditation practice – alertness, mindfulness, attention, concentration – and we saw...