Review We have been speaking about the various ways in which we know or cognize things. In our meditation, and ways of understanding aspects of our lives and especially in terms of our interactions with others, it’s very important to know whether or not what we cognize is...

The Three Levels of Motivation for Real Thing Dharma The lam-rim presents three levels of motivation: Initial level – we think in terms of ensuring that we have one of the better types of rebirths, not just in our next lifetime, but in all future lifetimes. ...

Read Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche’s presentation of practices and methods for equalizing and exchanging our attitudes concerning self and others with love and compassion and developing a dedicated heart of bodhichitta.

If we take all the compassion on the mind-stream of the Buddhas, we put it into one essence and have this in the form of a personal deity, this is Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara. Today I will be teaching the practice of The Three Essential Moments in association with the...

Seeing Everything as Appearances of the Bardo  Whatever types of appearances might arise in the bardo state, there is no real difference between the states. There is no real difference; they are all just appearances of the in-between bardo period. It is important to try...

Guidelines for effectively applying the Buddhist teachings to our lives so that they bring about positive results.

Finding Inspiration We have looked at the framework from which these teachings about integrating our life derive, and there are just a few more points I want to add before I open it up for questions. This is concerning the term “inspiration.” We have the Sanskrit word...

The Difference Between a Healthy and Inflated Ego Firstly, some questions. There was one question during the break, which was what is the difference between the “self” and the “me,” or the “I.” I think that since this question was asked by a psychologist, and terminology is a...

Questions Adding the Four Immeasurables to the Meditation In our last session we tried the exercise with a focus on our mothers. Any questions about the meditation, about the process and so on? Can we say that the meditation on the four immeasurables is linked to this practice...

[As an introduction to this training program, see: Work-Life Balance: How to Get More Satisfaction in Life] Introduction This weekend, we are going to discuss and practice methods for integrating our life. We don’t actually find them in the Buddhist teachings or elsewhere....