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Taking Refuge

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 37 minutesLama Zopa Rinpoche gave this teaching at a refuge ceremony held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, on April 1, 1995.

Categories Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche Tags bodhicitta, buddha nature, enlightenment, lam-rim (path to enlightenment), perfect human rebirth, refuge, sickness and health

What is Dharma?

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 11 minutes Lama Yeshe discusses the real meaning of Dharma and the nature of the mind in this discourse given at Chenrezig Institute, Eudlo, Australia, on September 8, 1979.

Categories Lama Thubten Yeshe Tags buddha nature, consciousness, dharma, dharma practice, mind, two truths

Udamwara: Statements from Sutra

May 12, 2026June 1, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 23 minutesStatements from Sutra Relating to Eating Meat

Categories Uncategorized Tags buddha, buddha nature, killing, sutras

Part Two: Commentary on the Heart Sutra

May 12, 2026May 31, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 40 minutesA commentary on the emptiness section of the Seven Point Mind Training text.

Categories Uncategorized Tags bodhisattva, buddha nature, Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), dependent arising, detachment, emptiness (shunyata), five paths, grasping, heart sutra, inherent existence, mantra, object of refutation, perfection of wisdom (prajnaparamita)

Part One: Introduction

May 12, 2026May 31, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 10 minutesA commentary on the emptiness section of the Seven Point Mind Training text

Categories Uncategorized Tags buddha nature, buddhist, motivation, spirituality

Bliss and Emptiness in the Gelug Tradition

May 11, 2023April 14, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 49 minutesAn overview of the teachings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism given by Lati Rinpoche in New York, New York, 1991.

Categories Lati Rinpoche Tags buddha nature, delusions, dependent arising, five paths, karma, q&a, samsara (cyclic existence), tantra

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