World peace begins with finding inner peace through warm-hearted relations with others.

An analysis of how to remain focused – what are the conducive conditions and deterrents of shamatha meditation. 

Secular ethics, based on universal values such as warm-heartedness, is the key to happiness.

With the pledged state of bodhichitta, we promise to train in five actions that help us never to lose our resolve.

When we formally orient our lives with the safe and positive direction of refuge, we commit ourselves to actions for training, which are helpful for maintaining this direction.

Review We’ve looked at what we’re dealing with in attitude training or mind training, which is our experience of everyday life. We live our lives, and experience each moment ourselves. Even if we broadcast everything that we do on Facebook and Twitter, still, we’re the only...

The primary connotation of “ngondro” is preparation. These practices are absolutely essential preparation for undertaking and sustaining our “spiritual journey.”

To apply the Buddhist teachings to daily life requires being honest with ourselves to discover the unsatisfactory aspects of our lives and being realistic in how Buddhism can help us to deal with them.

Sadhana Practice in Our Own Language  Do you think it would be good to do much of our sadhana practice not in Tibetan but in the language that is easier for us to understand, like English or Norwegian? If we look at the way that the Tibetans practice their sadhanas, they...

While voidness is one of the most difficult topics in the Buddha’s teachings, we mustn’t be afraid of voidness. When understood correctly, it will get rid of the causes of our problems.