Yearly Archives: 2018

Tantra Side by Side with Sutra: The Way of Tibetan Buddhism

In his book, Diamond Sky, Lama Jampa says, “Once bodhichitta has arisen in the space…

Seeing Scientific Truth from a Buddhist Perspective

Karma Thinley Rinpoche’s elegant dharma essay, ‘Telescope of Faith’ reveals radically differing ways in which…

What is Mind Training?

Recently Lama Jampa gave a teaching in which he presented such a lucid and direct…

Connecting Oneself with Bodhisattva Activity

In our previous post we reflected on the nature of the lama’s blessings and how…

The Lama’s Blessings: What are they and how can we receive them?

When we see someone we admire, perhaps because of their eloquence or just because of…

Can Science Aid The Understanding of Buddhism?

Between them, the master and scholar Karma Thinley Rinpoche, born in Eastern Tibet in 1931,…

Mahamudra in the Kagyu Tradition

Mahamudra, the ‘great seal’, is one of the two principal streams of practice in the…