Purifying the Poison of Timuk, Deep Mental Fog October 3, 2022 All sentient beings want to feel bliss and not to feel pain. But at the same time, we’re duped by our habitual, deep mental fog. Sadly, we don’t have the agency to discern very sensitively what causes us to suffer. If we want to walk north but somehow end up walking south, our mental capacity Read More »
Time for Courage: When Our Weak Links Get Tested August 16, 2022 In a teaching on the Link from April 3, 2022, Dungse Jampal Norbu raises questions about what resources we turn to when “our weak links are tested.” In particular, when situations provoke outrage, how do we identify and apply a genuinely compassionate response instead? In times of dramatic change or conflict, it’s interesting to see how Read More »
To the first responders of the coronavirus pandemic, with deep appreciation… 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 Read More »
Cuidándonos Durante una Pandemia – Reflecciones de Nuestras Prioridades Mentales 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 Read More »
Advice for Transforming Fear and Cultivating Kindness in the Face of the Pandemic 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 Read More »
To the First Responders of the Coronavirus Pandemic 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 Read More »
Becoming Unstuck: Part 1 – Drowning in Familiarity December 12, 2017 It seems that, week after week, we pretty much feel the same, even though so many things happen in a week. And this feeling of sameness is closely connected to the feeling of being stuck. So let’s discuss this tendency of how we often feel stuck, and examine what are the causes and conditions of Read More »
Working with Attachments: Part 2- The Path from Recognition to Rejoicing November 1, 2015 Again, you can certainly continue your relationships, your friendships, and whatever you cherish as important in your life, just don’t let yourself become so swallowed up by them that you behave like a roller coaster, allowing the associated emotions to make you erratic and unstable. When you become like a roller coaster, at some point Read More »
Keep the Longing Burning April 17, 2014 I would like to speak about longing because, as I travel, I can see that people all over the world have a deep longing for the Dharma and for a spiritual path. Age doesn’t matter here. There are older people with incredible longing, as well as young people with great longing. There are rich people Read More »
Samsara Junkies: Working with Addiction and Developing Tolerance November 26, 2013 Our whole world and everything in it can be viewed, simply, as an addiction. We were born as a sentient being, addicted to this samsaric world and to its wide range of colorful emotions, dazzling scenery, and tumultuous experiences. As one of my students so aptly put it: “We are all samsara junkies.“Â So how Read More »