![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Practices for Dying - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Practices for Dyiing It is only natural that we wish to face death with dignity and peace, but that may be difficult due to our fears, anxieties and attachments. Geshe-la explores Buddhist perspectives on death and dying, as well as highly practical methods to prepare ourselves for death, and being of benefit to others who are dying. Death, dying, Tibetan Buddhism, karma, future lives, rebirth, impermanence, enlightenment, death dissolution, stages of death, nine point death meditation, bardo Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center Downloads: 421 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ven. Arjia Rinpoche Life Story - Ven. Arjia Rinpoche Ven. Arjia Rinpoche Story of Life in Tibet, Escape from Tibet, Life in the West This great lama, the abbott of Kumbum monastery tells his life story. From his early childhood in Tibet, the invasion of the chinese, suppression of religious freedom, the cultural revolution, escape from Tibet and his life here in the Bay Area. Ven. Arjia Rinpoche was the Abbot of Kumbum Monastery, one of the six great centers of Buddhism in Tibet... Source: Community Event Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 605 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Eight Verses on Thought Transformation - Ven. Choden Rinpoche Ven. Choden Rinpoche Eight Verses on Thought Transformation Eight Verses for Training the Mind The basic text is over eight hundred years old, shortly after the teachings of Indian master, Atisha. These teachings are part of the lojong (mind training) teachings. Geshe Langri Tangpa (1054-1123), one of the direct disciples of Drom Tonpa, the chief disciple of Atisha, set down the extremely profound lojong teachings in just eight verses... Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 3,518 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Uttaratantra (REPEAT OF OCTOBER 11 2004) - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa UttaratantraSublime Continuum of Mahayana I bow to the one who, with no beginning, middle or end, has a serene stillness and is clear-minded and fully evolved, who became clear from his own aspects and once clear, shows fearless, constant paths of the mind to bring realisation to those with no realisation One of the major texts studied in all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, Maitreyas Sublime Continuum clarifies the meaning of our Buddha potential, in particular the emptiness of the mind that all... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 330 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 030804 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 666 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 040504 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 159 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 041904 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 310 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 051004 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 414 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 052404 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 186 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 060704 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 383 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 061404 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 192 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wheel of Sharp WeaponsMahayana Mind Training 062104 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Basic Buddhist Studies Program Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mahayana Mind Training Tse Chen Ling Center And thus bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks: They live on delusions those poisonous plants. Transforming them into the essence of practice, they thrive in the jungle of everyday life. Whatever is presented they always accept, while destroying the poison of clinging desire The study of this classic text in the lojong (mind training) genre, seeks to elucidate the means to de... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 581 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Eight Verses on Thought Transformation - Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche Transforming the Mind, Transforming the Heart A Public Teaching on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation Create a more meaningful life for yourself. Transform and transcend the problems you face every day. Inspire compassion in our aggressive and violent world. Transform your outer and inner world. Develop loving kindness and compassion for yourself, your community and the world at large. To explore these challenges in our daily life, Lama Zopa Rinpoche will give a public teaching using the... Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 1,514 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Addiction, Attachment and Desire - Ven. Rita Riniker Addiction, Attachment and Desire Working with Dissatisfaction We can all see the need to work on our anger and ignorance, but somehow it seems normal to have, and even cultivate, desire. Being attached to a person, place, work, or whatever, seems to be honored in our culture, so first we need to see how giving into to it out of habit causes suffering. Join us for a day of exploration of how attachment and desire, and even addiction which is just a stronger form of attachment, cause suffering, ye... Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism Downloads: 3,038 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sunday Service - August, 2009 - Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Sunday morning service is a great way to inspire your week. Join us for a short guided meditation, group prayers, and a short inspirational talk with resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, or special guests if Geshe-la is out of town. This group is all the services in August, 2009. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Geshe Ngawang Dakpa; Tse Chen Ling; Mahayana |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sunday Service - Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Sunday morning service is a great way to inspire your week. Join us for a short guided meditation, group prayers, and a short inspirational talk with resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, or special guests if Geshe-la is out of town. This group is all the services in February, 2009. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Geshe Ngawang Dakpa; Tse Chen Ling; Mahayana Downloads: 24 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sunday Service - March, 2009 - Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Sunday morning service is a great way to inspire your week. Join us for a short guided meditation, group prayers, and a short inspirational talk with resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, or special guests if Geshe-la is out of town. This group is all the services in March, 2009. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Geshe Ngawang Dakpa; Tse Chen Ling; Mahayana Downloads: 13 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Cultivating a Bodhisattva's Motivation - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa What is most important to remember when we sit to meditate? It is to establish the motivation of a bodhisattva, the powerful wish to alleviate suffering wherever it arises. When we understand how to form this aspiration, we can be certain that our practice flourish. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling; Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Downloads: 76 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sunday Morning Service - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Sunday morning service is a great way to inspire your week. Join us for a short guided meditation, group prayers, and a short inspirational talk with resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, or special guests if Geshe-la is out of town. This group is all the services in August, 2008. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling; Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Downloads: 31 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Discovering Buddhism - Death and Rebirth - Ven. Lobsang Chokyi Death is something we all have to face. Each us will one day die, and until that day, we'll also lose many of our closest relatives and friends. It's only natural to want to face death peacefully and without fear, but without preparation, that may be difficult due to our anxiety, ignorance and attachments to the things of this life. This 7-class course will look at the Tibetan Buddhist approach to dying, death and rebirth and how to best prepare for these undeniable and immensely important event... Keywords: Lobsang Chokyi, death, rebirth, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tse chen ling Downloads: 317 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Discovering Buddhism - Transforming Problems - Ven. Lobsang Chokyi Learn the disadvantages of self-cherishing and the advantages of cherishing others. Learn to employ the special techniques of mind training (lojong) to transform problems into happiness. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling; Ven. Lobsang Chokyi; Lojong Downloads: 194 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Lobsang Chokyi - Silent Mind, Holy Mind - Ven. Lobsang Chokyi In the 1970's Lama Yeshe gave a talk to his western students about Christmas. This talk will try to pull together some of his main points from that long ago Christmas eve. "Some of you might think, 'Oh, I want to have nothing to do with Jesus, nothing to do with the Bible.' This is a very angry, emotional attitude to have towards Christianity. If you really understood, you would recognize that what Jesus taught was, 'Love!' It is as simple and as profound as that... Keywords: christmas; jesus; buddhism; tibetan buddhism; lobsang chokyi; tse chen ling Downloads: 118 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Emily Tsu - Sunday Morning Dharma Talk - Dealing With Anger - Emily Tsu Emily Tsu gives a Sunday Morning Dharma Talk on dealing with anger. Keywords: emily tsu; anger; buddhism; tibetan buddhism; tse chen ling Downloads: 356 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Buddhist Psychology - Ending the War with Addiction: Cultivating Generosity Towards Our Demons - Eman Fallah, PsyD In this evening talk we are going to explore the nature of the addiction process. Examining the ways in which compulsive shopping, sex, or drug use are used as forms of avoidance and resistance, we will draw from the Buddha's teachings on relating with our own shadow and negativity as awakened energy. We will see how by regarding what arises as awakened energy reverses our fundamental habitual patterns of trying to avoid pain by checking out with compulsive behaviors and helps promote a profound... Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Philosophy; Mahayana; Tse Chen Ling; Addiction Downloads: 113 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Heart Sutra - Emily Hsu The Heart Sutra is one of the most popular of all the Buddha's teachings in all lineages and traditions. This brief, but profound text embodies the full path to enlightenment and explores the wisdom of emptiness. Meditating on it line by line is the key to understanding the Buddha's observations of the nature of reality. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Heart Sutra; Tse Chen Ling; Emily Hsu Downloads: 344 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sunday Morning Service - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Sunday morning service is a great way to inspire your week. Join us for a short guided meditation, group prayers, and a short inspirational talk with resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, or special guests if Geshe-la is out of town. This group is all the services in September, 2008. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling; Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Downloads: 25 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Buddhism for Dummies - Jon Landaw Join the author of Buddhism for Dummies, Jon Landaw, for a dynamic introduction to Buddhism, with a particular emphasis on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling; Introduction to Buddhism Downloads: 299 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Soul Sick Nation - An Astrologer's View of America - Jessica Murray Join author and astrologer, Jessica Murray for a discussion of her book Soul-Sick Nation: An Astrologer's View of America. With compassion, humor and fearless taboo-busting, Murray will delve deeply into what makes America tick; offering a unique perspective on the way Americans view their leaders, how this is changing, and what these changes bode for the future. Soul-Sick Nation is neither a conventional astrology book nor a standard-issue political commentary... Keywords: astrology; america; soul-sick nation; politics; tse chen ling Downloads: 323 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Discovering Buddhism - Death and Rebirth - Ven. Lobsang Chokyi This class will be held twice weekly (Tues/Thurs) starting Thurs, March 26 - April 16. Death is something we all have to face. Each us will one day die, and until that day, we'll also lose many of our closest relatives and friends. It's only natural to want to face death peacefully and without fear, but without preparation, that may be difficult due to our anxiety, ignorance and attachments to the things of this life... Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Philosophy; Mahayana; Tse Chen Ling; Death; Rebirth Downloads: 90 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Discovering Buddhism - All About Karma - Ven. Lobsang Chokyi Karma - literally "Action" in Sanskrit - is the true creator of our world. Everything we think, speak and do, creates a potential that ripens into everything we experience - our bodies, environment, tendencies, and everything that we go through from life to life - even our rebirth itself! Karma isn't just the big stuff - it's everything. Come find out how it works so you can put it to work to create the results you want... Keywords: Lobsang Chokyi, karma, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tse chen ling Downloads: 176 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Taking Refuge - Discovering Buddhism Get informed about what it means to take refuge in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha), and the essential practices of refuge. Find out more about the advantage of taking lay vows and their role in enhancing our spiritual growth. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Refuge; Tse Chen Ling; Ven. Lobsang Chokyi Downloads: 488 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | All About Tara - 20071013 - Ven. Lhundrup Nyingje Experienced meditator Ven. Nyingje will explain how to practice the popular Praises to the Twenty-one Taras, sharing teachings she received directly from Lama Yeshe. Tara—her name means "Liberator"—is the embodiment of power, courage, the capacity to act, to be successful, and doing her practice can activate our own power to deal with the obstacles and problems in our lives. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tara; Tse Chen Ling; Ven. Lhundrup Nyingje Downloads: 202 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ven. Lhundrup Nyingje (Paula Munro) - All About Tara - Ven. Lhundrup Nyingje In this practice, there are 21 manifestations of Tara that we can learn about and work with to shift our energy. The most famous of which is Green Tara who is the embodiment of the enlightened energy of action in the world. We call on her to break through all our obstacles blocks in our spiritual practice, in our life and in the world. Ven. Nyingje, a very experienced meditator and chanter, will teach about the different manifestations and Tara practice in general and can answer questions... Keywords: Tara; Ven. Lhundrup Nyingje; Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Downloads: 121 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Introduction to Tantra - Day Course - Ven. Robina Courtin Ven. Robina will give us the essence of the tantric path of practice, echoing Lama Yeshe's teachings as discussed in Introduction to Tantra. She will keep her teachings practical and immediately applicable. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tara; Tse Chen Ling; Ven. Robina Courtin Downloads: 702 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Unlocking the Addiction Trap - Ven. Tenzin Chonyi Addiction is a poor substitute for inner peace. This workshop will teach you ways in which you can use your mind to loosen the hold of addiction. While medication may be necessary where there have been physical changes to the brain or body due to the addiction, meditation is a powerful way to strengthen the mind. Addiction is not just about drugs and alcohol but any habit which causes harm and in which we seem to have no control... Keywords: buddhism; tibetan buddhism; Ven. Tenzin Chonyi; Tse Chen Ling; Addiction Downloads: 346 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Radical Compassion - Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi All levels. This workshop/retreat will specifically focus on the 7-Point Mind training by Geshe Chekawa. Its practical application is enormous, and it is radical in that it has the power to completely transform our lives into a tool for awakening our minds and learning to benefit others. This is the perfect workshop for people who are trying to figure out how to integrate the Buddhist teachings into crazy urban life in the 21st century... Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling; Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi; Tonglen Downloads: 475 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Refuge in the Three Jewels - Ven. Carol Corradi Refuge in the Three Jewels All about refuge: what it means to take refuge in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha), and the essential practices of refuge. Includes presentation of the lay vows and their role in enhancing our spiritual growth. Source: Discovering Buddhism Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Carol Corradi Downloads: 570 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Empowerment into the Practice of Vajrayogini - Ven. Choden Rinpoche Empowerment into the Practice of Vajrayogini RESTRICTED TO THOSE WITH HIGHEST YOGA TANTRA "In the practice of Highest Yoga Tantra, try to focus on everything causing great bliss within you. Try to transform everything you see, hear or think about so that it causes great bliss. Then, use that bliss to understand emptiness. This is an important point...Thus, your enjoyments will increase your concentration on bliss and emptiness." Lama Zopa Rinpoche from A Chat About Heruka Ven... Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist Downloads: 815 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Shantidevas Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life 031704 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Shantidevas Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life Chapter 9 Wisdom Chapter "For as long as space endures, for as long as living beings remain, until then may I too abide, to dispel the misery of the world." All levels. The teachings on the bodhisattva deeds are based on Shantideva's inspirational verses on Mahayana aspiration and practice. Composed over 1,000 years ago, they are still widely regarded as the most authentic and complete guide for the practitioner dedicated to the enlightenment of... Source: Basic Buddhist Studies Program Keywords: Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Downloads: 284 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Six Session Guru YogaDaily Practice Commitment - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Six Session Guru Yoga Restricted Students who have taken a mahanuttaratantra initiation in the Gelug tradition, undertakes a commitment to recite the Six Session Guru Yoga prayer daily. Tantra, Guru Yoga, Empowerment, Tantric Vows, Bodhisattva Vows, Refuge Source: Practice Program Keywords: Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Downloads: 1,117 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Spiritual Teacher; Discovering Buddhism - Ven. Losang Monlam The Spiritual Teacher These lectrues explore the role of the teacher on the spiritual path: the need for a teacher, the qualities of a teacher, the qualities of a student, and how to relate to a teacher for greatest benefit in one's spiritual life. We consider the challenges we face when thinking of entering into a guru-disciple relationship and how to overcome these skillfully. The basis of the achievement of any goal, whether one seeks to become a pianist or a painter, is one's teacher... Source: Discovering Buddhism Program Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Losang Monlam Downloads: 658 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Death Dissolution Meditation - Ven. Losang Monlam Death Dissolution Meditation Death is something we all have to deal with in our lives. We ourselves are going to die one day, and even before that, we will probably have relatives and friends who will die. It is only natural that we wish to face death with dignity and peace, but that may be difficult due to our fears, anxieties and attachments. This meditation on death dissolution is a powerful method for understanding the death process, for facing our fear of death and learning to live life... Source: Meditation Program Keywords: Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Meditation; Ven. Losang Monlam Downloads: 1,450 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | But She Said; Mind Training - Ven. Robina Courtin But She Said; Not Responding to Every Provacation How do we learn to not reply in kind to every angry, critical or annoying word that comes at us without becoming a doormat? Join us as Ven. Robina gives us tools in her humorous and powerful style. Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Robina Courtin Downloads: 4,529 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | We're All on Death Row - Ven. Robina Courtin We're All on Death Row As part of her prison outreach efforts, the founder of Liberation Prison Project, Ven. Robina visits prisoners incacerated throughout the world, including visits with a prisoner on death row in Texas. Applying the Buddhist principles, Ven. Robina helps us understand how our own lives can seem like a prison, with the only solace to begin the work of looking within ourselves; facing the ugly stuff and generating loving kindness... Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Robina Courtin Downloads: 801 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Face Your Fear; Kill Your Ego - Ven. Robina Courtin Face Your Fear̉̉Kill Your Ego Ven. Robina Courtin In these times, our experience of the external world is filled with fear, anxiety and anger. Yet within this state of conflict, we can investigate the mental states that give rise to the experience, forming the basis on which to transform our experiences. Ven. Robina Courtin will present useful strategies for freeing ourselves from fear, anger and resentment, as well as for learning to live with greater tolerance, love and forgiveness... Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Robina Courtin Downloads: 6,118 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Understanding the Role of Monastics - Ven. Robina Courtin Ven. Robina Courtin Understanding the Role of Monastics Ven. Robina Courtin presents a teaching on the role of monastics within the Buddhist community. With insight on their vows and role, students gain an understanding on their own interaction with the monastics. Helpful information as more and more western Buddhist students take ordination. Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Robina Courtin Downloads: 335 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Moving Forward on the Spiritual Path - Ven. Sarah Thresher Moving Forwards on the Spiritual Path Deepening Inner Confidence and Trust How do doubt and fear hold us back on the spiritual path? And how can we replace the outer struggle with an inner joy? Join us for this unexpected and previously unannounced evening with Ven Sarah, which will explore the roles of confidence and faith. Buddhism, Hopes, Fears, Loving Kindness, Discovering Buddhism, Psychology, Philosophy, Tibetan Buddhism Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Sarah Thresher Downloads: 2,621 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Western Mind and Understanding Buddhism - Ven. Thubten Chodron Ven. Thubten Chodron Western Mind and Understanding Buddhism Ven. Thubten Chodron in a motivating talk for new students touching on all the points that westerners find most difficult with the Buddhist teachings, karma and rebirth, beginningless mind through the role of the spiritual teacher. Imparting knowledge on the basic truths in Buddhas teachings on compassion, karma, the path, bodhicitta, and the six perfections, Ven... Source: Lectures and Events Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Buddhist teachings Downloads: 997 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ven. Robina Courtin - Brave Heart, Wise Mind - Ven. Robina Courtin Brave Heart, Wise Mind Ven. Robina Courtin Lama Zopa Rinpoche says, "Meaning well is not enough. We need wisdom." Ven. Robina Courtin, a Tibetan Buddhist nun since 1977, will show how attachment, anger and the other deluded emotions not only cause us suffering but also blind us from acting appropriately in our relationships and prevent us from helping others. She will explain how working on our minds and ridding them of delusions "which is what brings us wisdom" brings power and clarity to our c... Keywords: Buddhism; Tse Chen Ling Center; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Robina Courtin Downloads: 561 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ven. Tsenla - Guru Devotion - Sunday Morning Dharma Talk - Ven. Tsenla What is genuine Guru Devotion? It often sounds like some Eastern trip, but according to the Buddhist teachings, in our spiritual journey, the teacher is essential for us to develop our inner qualities. Ven. Tsenla, a nun for more than 25 years has witnessed this relationship with many of the great lamas and disciples. We've asked her to clarify what this relationship is and isn't and to open our eyes to what this relationship can be. Keywords: Guru Devotion; Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Ven. Tsenla; Tse Chen Ling Downloads: 127 |
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