His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, gave this talk on August 9, 2014, at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. The event was hosted by the Taipei Vajrayana Sakya Manjushri Center, and co-hosted by the Language Training and Testing Center and the Department of Chinese, National Taiwan University. Have you ever asked yourself: what […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, gave this advice online on February 10, 2024, at the request of the Vajrayana Sakya Manjushri Center in Taipei, Taiwan. Many people understand the teachings of the Buddha to be a religion. While it may incorporate religious elements to cater to certain mental inclinations, its essence […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, shared this advice before imparting the two-day Vajrakīlaya empowerment at the request of Tsechen Kunchab Ling in Walden, New York, U.S.A., on April 6-7, 2019. Although this teaching was given on a particular occasion to prepare students for a Vajrakīlaya empowerment, its insights will be helpful […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche bestowed this teaching at the request of Sakya Tsechen Ling, Kuttolsheim, France on July 4, 2021. In the first part of this teaching, His Holiness recounts some essential points in the life of Guru Padmasambhava, who is credited with bringing Buddhism to Tibet. Padmasambhava, whose name […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching on June 11, 2022, anniversary of the mahāparinirvāṇa of Ngawang Lodre Shenphen Nyingpo, at the request of Tsechen Kunchab Ling, U.S.A. All of us have had formal relationship with teachers in various settings—in school, at work, or maybe to learn a hobby. In […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche bestowed this teaching at Sakya Thegchog Düdé (Sangha Activa), Barcelona, Spain, on August 22, 2021, after an initiation of White Mahākāla. This text originated as a series of remarks after a White Mahākāla initiation. It briefly explains the purpose of a wealth deity for those on […]
Approaching the profound and vast Dharma path may appear overwhelming to most of us, especially those who are relatively newer. Knowing the right pointers will certainly help tremendously. Similar to secular education and training, meeting the right teacher is extremely important in our Dharma learning and practice, in fact is essential especially for the Vajrayāna […]
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin) bestowed this teaching on September 16, 2007, at Singapore Buddha Sasana Society (Sakya Tenphel Ling). Although it might appear that Vajrayāna, or the “vajra vehicle,” is a third yana that exists apart from Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna is, in fact, an aspect of Mahāyāna, or the […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche bestowed this teaching on July 17, 2019, at the request of the Singapore Buddha Sasana Society (Sakya Tenphel Ling). After receiving Dharma teachings, how could we possibly practice what we have been taught? What is the proper way to do our daily sādhana practices? In this […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche bestowed the Guhyasamaja Major Empowerment in Boston, U.S.A. on June 27 and 28, 2019. At the beginning of the empowerment, he explained what an empowerment is and its significance. Acknowledgement: We thank a Dharma friend for sharing the audio teaching with us. […]