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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)

Part One: Mind Training – Developing Bodhicitta

May 12, 2026May 31, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 27 minutesA commentary on the emptiness section of the Seven Point Mind Training text

Categories Uncategorized Tags accumulation, bodhicitta, lama tsongkhapa, liberation, morality, motivation, patience, purification, samsara (cyclic existence), self-cherishing, suffering

Chapter Four: The Second Point – The Actual Practice,Training in Bodhicitta

May 12, 2026May 25, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 34 minutesA Commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training

Categories Uncategorized Tags bodhicitta, emptiness (shunyata), kindness of mother sentient beings, samsara (cyclic existence), self-cherishing, selfishness, seven point cause and effect, suffering, tong-len (exchanging self and others), truly existent

Part 2: Renunciation

May 12, 2026May 24, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 27 minutesA commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa’s text which covers the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment.

Categories Uncategorized Tags bodhicitta, dissatisfaction, four noble truths, renunciation, samsara (cyclic existence), suffering

Liberation from Cyclic Existence

May 12, 2026May 23, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 8 minutesTeachings on the Heart Sutra, a Perfection of Wisdom text.

Categories Uncategorized Tags aggregates, liberation, samsara (cyclic existence), wisdom

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

A Commentary on Right Effort

February 13, 2024April 14, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 11 minutesA teaching by Geshe Lama Konchog on applying the force of right effort to our practice given at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore.

Categories Geshe Lama Konchog Tags bodhisattva, enlightenment, generosity (charity), lower realms, retreat, samsara (cyclic existence), suffering

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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