Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

As we discussed earlier, when speaking of the ego, and developing self-awareness of the ego and its effects, we need to “produce the remedy at the source.” We can do that by learning to let go, and especially letting go of this drive to feel special, with the ego wanting more and more. People who

We’ve been speaking about not only the importance of recognizing the ego, and identifying it’s effects in our mind, but about the type of self-awareness that is utilized in Dharma practice to understand it, so we can begin to be free from our ego’s influence. Once we become a little familiar with the ego, and

What I would like to talk about today is self-awareness – that is, a type of key training in self-awareness – which can be used as a means to become more clear, and thereby able to effectively reduce one’s suffering. Dharma practice is a kind of medicine, a medicine of mind rather than medicine for

These comments were made by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche prior to releasing crabs and mussels back to their native habitat in San Salvador, Brazil. The MSB sangha regularly sponsors these events by collecting funds, and purchasing animals to liberate. These formal events occur regularly at Guna Norling, our center in Brazil, as well as through our