2024 Losar Address, ExcerptUncategorized / By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche / September 4, 2024 Losar tashi delek to you all! During this Losar, I want to emphasize—not only for myself but also to encourage the sangha—how to grow and manifest more universal love in our hearts. There is a quote from the sutra that says if you have the good mind and heart of universal love for all beings, […] 2024 Losar Address, Excerpt Read More »
Faith, Surrender & AcknowledgementUncategorized / By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche / June 6, 2024 Personal Link teaching #221 was given on 4/9/06. FEELING SHAKY AND LOSING SELF-CONFIDENCE Today I will speak about how to relate to a shaky state of mind. Many people, despite their good nature and good qualities, feel haunted by negative energy. One of my friends said she feels shaky deep inside her core. When people Faith, Surrender & Acknowledgement Read More »
All conflict and war stem from one sourceUncategorized / By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche / March 3, 2022 This talk is a lightly- edited version of Rinpoche’s 2022 Losar Address in the Sangdo Palri Temple at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling Retreat Center, Crestone, Colorado. As a deep mental fog manifests on an unimaginable scale in the world right now, Rinpoche encourages us in his Losar Address to make a strong resolution to deepen our All conflict and war stem from one source Read More »
Finding Richness and Transcending Cultural IdentityUncategorized / By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche / July 2, 2021 1999 Losar Address We all have chosen to be Dharma students. We all have chosen to take refuge in the Three Jewels. We all have chosen to be on the path of Vajrayana. We made these choices with intention rather than casually or because of the expectations of our family or a cultural tradition. Hopefully, Finding Richness and Transcending Cultural Identity Read More »
To the first responders of the coronavirus pandemic, with deep appreciation…Uncategorized / By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche / January 21, 2021 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and the Sangha of Mangala Shri Bhuti, Would like to honor and acknowledge, with immense gratitude and deepest appreciation and respect, all those who, day after day, bravely and tirelessly risks their well-being to serve others in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. We all thank you from the very bottom of To the first responders of the coronavirus pandemic, with deep appreciation… Read More »
Cuidándonos Durante una Pandemia – Reflecciones de Nuestras Prioridades MentalesUncategorized / By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche / March 25, 2020 Cuidándonos Durante una Pandemia – Reflecciones de Nuestras Prioridades Mentales. Extractos de una charla por Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Consejospara transformar el miedo y cultivar la Bondad ante la pandemia. Todos deseamos que la agitación global debido al coronavirus no dure mucho, porque si persiste, habrán efectos devastadores en muchos frentes. Esto es algo, que Cuidándonos Durante una Pandemia – Reflecciones de Nuestras Prioridades Mentales Read More »
Advice for Transforming Fear and Cultivating Kindness in the Face of the PandemicUncategorized / By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche / March 20, 2020 We all hope the global upheaval from the spread of corona virus does not last long. Of course, if it does persist there will be devastating effects on many fronts. That will be something none of us have seen in our lifetimes. Considering the challenge and difficulty that the whole world is facing, we must Advice for Transforming Fear and Cultivating Kindness in the Face of the Pandemic Read More »
To the First Responders of the Coronavirus PandemicUncategorized / By MSB-Admin / March 13, 2020 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and the Sangha of Mangala Shri Bhuti, Would like to honor and acknowledge, with immense gratitude and deepest appreciation and respect, all those who, day after day, bravely and tirelessly risks their well-being to serve others in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. We all thank you from the very bottom of To the First Responders of the Coronavirus Pandemic Read More »
Discovering the Jewel of the Sangha: Clarifying the Purpose of Sangha & CommunityUncategorized / By MSB-Admin / September 26, 2019 MSB Archive Newsletter Article by Vernon Mizner, Khenchung, first published in 1995 This month’s Study and Practice article is about the importance of Sangha. The points mentioned here are primarily a summary of comments Rinpoche has made over the years concerning Sangha, as well as some of my own contemplations based upon Rinpoche’s teachings on Discovering the Jewel of the Sangha: Clarifying the Purpose of Sangha & Community Read More »
The Significance of Guru Rinpoche in the Nyingma TraditionUncategorized / By MSB-Admin / April 12, 2019 A teaching by Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche given at Yanglesho, the Asura cave where Guru Rinpoche gained the 4th Vidyadhara level of accomplishment. For us as Nyingmapas, Guru Rinpoche is the embodiment of all sources of refuge. He is the emanation of all the buddhas of the past, regent of all the buddhas of the present, The Significance of Guru Rinpoche in the Nyingma Tradition Read More »