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, bestowed this talk in Montroyo, Spain, at the request of Sangchen Norbu Ling, Spain, on August 15, 2023. Buddha Shakyamuni dedicated six years to ascetic practices, enduring unimaginable hardships in pursuit of enlightenment, but these efforts did not result in buddhahood. It was only upon realizing […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching on November 28, 2023, in Lima, Peru, at the request of Sangha Activa Lima Peru. Happiness is something we all talk about; it’s even a lively topic of research by scientific experts. But talk and research have yet to produce conclusive and definitive […]
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen provides a clear and wise unpacking of two texts by the thirteenth-century master Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, the fifth Sakya patriarch. As a founding father of the Sakya school and the first imperial preceptor under Kublai Khan, Phagpa converted the Mongols to Tibetan Buddhism. The two texts, “A Gift of Dharma […]
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin) gave this teaching at the request of Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, United Kingdom in 1991. All of us, regardless of our background—be it rich or poor, healthy or sick, educated or uneducated, powerful or powerless—experience various forms and levels of suffering. The desire for liberation from […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on February 15, 2024, at the request of The Sakya Tradition. […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on December 15, 2023, at the request of The Sakya Tradition. […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on November 10, 2023, at the request of The Sakya Tradition. […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on October 12, 2023, at the request of The Sakya Tradition. […]
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