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Beginning to Understand Karma

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 13 minutesAn introductory teaching on karma given by Lama Yeshe at Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia, on 28 June 1976.

Categories Lama Thubten Yeshe Tags action, energy, karma, loving kindness, reality, samsara (cyclic existence)

What is the Mind?

January 28, 2026June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 9 minutesHis Holiness explains the Buddhist concept of mind to the participants of a Mind Science symposium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Categories HH Dalai Lama Tags causality, consciousness, dependent origination, karma, mind

Happiness, Karma and Mind

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 12 minutesA teaching given on how to gain happiness and the path to liberation from suffering during the Second Dharma Celebration, November 5th-8th 1982, New Delhi, India.

Categories HH Dalai Lama Tags happiness, karma, mind

Studying the Dharma

May 12, 2026June 6, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 16 minutesA compilation of advice about Dharma studies and practice

Categories Uncategorized Tags dharma practice, karma, merit field, perfect human rebirth, prayers, spiritual teacher (guru / lama)

Four Noble Truths

May 12, 2026June 1, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 23 minutesTeachings about the four noble truths, bodhicitta, the five paths and ten levels, and the six perfections

Categories Uncategorized Tags aggregates, desire, four noble truths, ignorance, karma, 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

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

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

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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