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Commentary on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

January 28, 2026April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 25 minutesA commentary given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the text written by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa in Dharamsala, India, 1981.

Categories HH Dalai Lama, Teachings From Tibet Tags anger, cherishing others, dependent arising, eight verses, mind training (lo-jong), patience, pride, q&a, self-cherishing, selfishness

The Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination

May 11, 2023April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 8 minutesA teaching on how we experience our world.

Categories Geshe Rabten, Teachings From Tibet

Four Noble Truths

May 11, 2023April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 10 minutesA teaching given on the Four Noble Truths in Dharamsala, India, October 7, 1981.

Categories HH Dalai Lama, Teachings From Tibet Tags four noble truths, suffering

In Search of a Meaningful Life

May 11, 2023April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 11 minutesThis teaching was given at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Center, New Delhi, on July 4, 1979.

Categories Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags bodhicitta, dependent origination, ignorance, karma, materialism, patience, samsara (cyclic existence), suffering

Creating Space for Dharma

May 11, 2023April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 12 minutesLama Thubten Yeshe clarifies dharma practice and the role of the mind, New Delhi, India, October 31, 1979.

Categories Lama Thubten Yeshe, Teachings From Tibet Tags belief, concentration, dharma, god, non-duality, q&a, religion, renunciation, samsara (cyclic existence), wisdom

Seeking an Inner Refuge

May 11, 2023April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 8 minutesA short teaching given on the basics of Buddhism in New Delhi, India, 1960s.

Categories HH Dalai Lama, Teachings From Tibet Tags dharma, karma, refuge, ten non-virtuous actions

Developing Single-pointed Concentration

January 28, 2026April 14, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 9 minutesA teaching given by Gelek Rinpoche on the development of single-pointed concentration (samadhi) in New Delhi, India, 1980.

Categories Gelek Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags laziness, meditation, single-pointed concentration (samadhi)

In Search of the Self

May 11, 2023April 14, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 9 minutesTeachings on the nature of the self given by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey in New Delhi, India, January 1980.

Categories Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, Teachings From Tibet Tags aggregates, emptiness (shunyata), selflessness

Advice on Guru Practice

September 8, 2023April 14, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 9 minutesA teaching by Gomchen Gampala to students in a lam-rim retreat and the monks and nuns of the International Mahayana Institute in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975.

Categories Ngawang Norbu Gomchen Gampala, Teachings From Tibet Tags guru devotion

How to Start Practicing Dharma

January 28, 2026April 13, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 7 minutesHH Zong Rinpoche gave this introductory teaching on Mahayana thought transformation at Camp Kennolyn, Soquel, California, 20 May 1978.

Categories HH Song Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags dharma practice, mind training (lo-jong)

Method, Wisdom and the Three Paths

May 11, 2023April 13, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 17 minutesGeshe Sopa gave this teaching at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre on July 30, 1980.

Categories Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Teachings From Tibet Tags happiness, ignorance, method, q&a, three principal aspects, wisdom

Commentary on “The Foundation of All Good Qualities”

January 28, 2026April 13, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 18 minutesA commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa’s text given in Boudhanath, Nepal, 1975.

Categories Khunu Lama Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags guru devotion, q&a, spiritual teacher (guru / lama)

Commentary on “A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment”

January 28, 2026April 13, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 14 minutesA commentary on Atisha’s text given to the monks and nuns of the International Mahayana Institute at Boudhanath, Nepal, 2 February 1975.

Categories Khunu Lama Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags atisha, bodhicitta, emptiness (shunyata), lam-rim (path to enlightenment), single-pointed concentration (samadhi)

Generating Bodhicitta

May 11, 2023April 13, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 13 minutesThis teaching on bodhicitta was given at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, New Delhi, India on November 14, 1979.

Categories HH Ling Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags bodhicitta, cherishing others, equanimity, wisdom

Various Aspects of Tantra

January 28, 2026April 12, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is an excerpted teaching on an overview of tantric practice given to Western Dharma students in Dharamsala, India.

Categories HH Trijang Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags initiation, tantra

Renunciation

May 11, 2023April 12, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 11 minutesA teaching by Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche in New Delhi, India, 1979 on renunciation, first published in Teachings at Tushita.

Categories Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags death, impermanence, karma, renunciation, suffering

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