Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Many new practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism feel clumsy that their thoughts and actions lack a certain elegance or grace. Why? As you begin to practice meditation, you gradually become more conscious of your less-than-graceful states of mind and your general awkwardness navigating through the world. You might feel clumsy in Tibetan culture, but you might

Lenchak is a term I have been using for a number of years, I have been equating it with attachment, but experientially lenchak is felt as an emotional, almost physical, pain in the chest. It consumes your peace of mind and has the effect of lowering your lungta. Lenchak is like the Epstein Barr virus.

If we have learned how to create samsara, why couldn’t we learn these other things as well? We have to be willing to put time into it. What else is there for us to do? Sit around in coffee shops, drinking coffee and chit-chatting all the time? That’s useless. The essential thing in life is

The teachings on discipline are very simple, but very profound. Discipline is not cultivated out of a dualistic notion of good and bad. It has nothing to do with religion, or developing prejudice toward particular actions. Discipline is more about developing awareness and mindfulness to see how negative actions bring so much suffering into our

What is it that we long for every day? What are we longing for when we want a big house, or a beautiful companion? What is it we really desire when we want a great job, a really nice car, lots of wealth, or success in our work? We want one thing: happiness. The happiness