Dealing with Problematic Situations We were speaking about this whole issue of what I should do and what I shouldn’t do and the fear that comes from that, and so on. We saw that the entire issue revolves around a misconception about ourselves. We need to make a clear...

“O noble goddess, at a time when incalculable and still more incalculable eons – extensive, inconceivable and immeasurable – had passed, at that time, at that moment, the Tathagata, the Arhat, the Fully Enlightened One called Ratna-shikhin, perfect in wisdom and conduct, gone...

The traditional presentations list three points concerning our behavior toward a spiritual teacher. Making offerings, helping them and practicing in accordance with their advice.

The “self” is very central to the Buddhist spiritual path. In this series, we explore how lam-rim practice helps us to develop a healthy sense of “me” and rid ourselves of identification with an inflated “me.”

What are some of the challenges as well as opportunities that Buddhism will need to address in the decades to come for the further development of Buddhism through the use of Internet technology?

When we understand different schools properly from their own points of view, we develop a great deal of respect for all of the teachings of the Buddha.

This planet that we call home is in crisis: pollution and rising water levels affect us all. Only through cooperation can we face this challenge.

Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the occasion of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26).

Introducing the Three Different Types of Dharma In general, the Dharma teachings can be divided into the Hinayana and the Mahayana teachings. The word “dharma” means “something that holds its own self-nature.” To think of dharmas as being anything that takes or holds anything...

Buddhism was practiced by several groups of Turkic people in Central Asia, from the mid-3rd to the 14th century CE. The Tuvinians in Siberia have followed Buddhism from the 18th century until today.