Category: Teachings
What is Monkey Mind?
We all recognize monkey mind—that wild mind going in more than one direction at a time, swinging from one branch of thought to the next. It wants the next banana, the next big thing, the next small thing. It wants to keep moving. Monkey mind likes texting and online gaming. It’s the mind that likes…
Tara, the First Feminist
Since becoming ordained four decades ago, Lama Tsultrim Allione has faced her share of challenges and sexism.
The More Carefree You Are, the Better Your Dharma Practice
The more carefree you are from deep within, the better your dharma practice is.
Shaping Buddhadharma’s Future
Buddhadharma belongs to you, our readers. Help us shape its future.
Get Very, Very Close
Sayadaw U Pandita’s shares his instructions for satipatthana vipassana.
The Ultimate Happiness: An exclusive interview with the Dalai Lama
In this exclusive conversation, the Dalai Lama talks about human goodness, and how caring for others is the ultimate source of your own happiness.
The “Alphabet Heart Sutra”
Aura Glaser express the truth of the Buddha's Heart Sutra in 26 words — from A to Z.
Who Was Padmasambhava?
Who is Padmasambhava? We answer your questions on Buddhism and meditation.
Who Is Tara the Liberator?
Three Buddhist teachers explain the significance of the deity Tara.
The Practice of Recollection
The Buddha called recollection "the only way." Quite simply, recollection is remembering to establish the attention with full awareness on the present.
Mingyur Rinpoche reveals what happened during his four years as a wandering yogi
Mingyur Rinpoche says the best part of his time as a wandering yogi was his near death experience, which taught him to rejoice in everything.
A Day in the Life of the Dalai Lama
The daily routine of one of the world's most beloved religious leaders, as told by the Dalai Lama to Pico Iyer.
What Does “Rinpoche” Mean?
Rinpoche translates literally to "Precious Jewel." But what does it really mean to Buddhists?
Life as Cinema
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche uses film and the cinema as a metaphor for Buddha's teaching about samsara and nirvana.
Basically Good
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on good heart, awakened mind, the causes of happiness and other basic principles of Buddhism. I believe that all human beings are of the same nature. At the mental and emotional levels we are the same. We all have the potential to become happy and nice people and we also…
Discover Your Innermost Awareness
In his teaching on the essence of Dzogchen, the Dalai Lama describes the shock that naturally accompanies innermost awareness, the basis of all reality.
Developing Pure Perception Through Visualization
We visualize deities to connect with their enlightened energy. Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo teach us how to visualize Avalokiteshvara.
Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem
Essentially each practitioner of Buddhist meditation makes the journey alone, but many find that committing themselves to the three jewels—Buddha, dharma, and sangha—helps take them further. These three make up the lineage, philosophy, and community of Buddhism, explains Christina Feldman, and their purpose is to deepen and expand our practice.
Buddhist Visualization Practice Is Pure, Clear, and Vibrant
Visualization practice sometimes involves traditional symbolism that Westerners have trouble relating to, says Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. He shows us how we can make the most of this powerful method for transforming perception.
Gods, Demons, Sages, and Enlightened Kings
We call it Tibetan Buddhism, but it’s really much more. Robin Kornman sees Tibet as the last of the Silk Route cultures, where the great religions of Asia unite in a magical world of Gods, Demons, Sages, and Enlightened Kings.