His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, graciously bestowed the Five-Deity Avalokiteśvara Gyalwa Gyatso Initiation on November 15, 2025, at the request of Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling (the Minnesota Sakya Center) in New Brighton, Minnesota, U.S.A. Before and after the initiation, His Holiness offered the practitioners the guidance and advice presented in this […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching in Mandarin on March 12, 2023, in Butterworth, Malaysia, at the request of the Butterworth Lay Buddhist Society. We all want to make good choices, avoid suffering, and live a more meaningful life. But even when our intentions seem good, how often do […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, gave this public talk on December 6, 2025, at the request of Sakya Monastery, Seattle, U.S.A. How can we claim to know ourselves when we have no idea what thought will arise in our own mind one second from now? We spend much of our lives […]
At the request of Maitripa College, His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, delivered this teaching at the Jokhang Meditation Hall in Portland, Oregon, on July 27, 2024. What if the very things that frustrate, humiliate, and disappoint you were actually your greatest teachers? That is the radical proposition at the heart of […]
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin) gave this teaching at the request of the Sakya Great Tantric College in India, which was shared online in Tibetan on November 13, 2021. Being human offers us a unique leverage over our own lives that we often fail to use. In this distilled teaching, the […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, delivered this teaching online on February 24, 2024, in commemoration of Chotrul Düchen, as part of the Teachings on Sutra series requested by 84000, a nonprofit organization dedicated to translating the complete collections of the Buddha’s words into modern languages. The Aparimitāyurjñāna Sūtra carries a promise […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, graciously bestowed the White Tara initiation online at the request of Sakya Friends on January 25, 2023. Before and after the empowerment, His Holiness offered guidance and counsel to the practitioners. Life is unfolding right now—but how often do we truly notice it? Day after day, […]
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin) gave this teaching at the request of Tsechen Kunchab Ling, U.S.A. on June 26, 2024. Throughout life, we all experience joy and sorrow, gain and loss. Yet a quiet question follows us: why do some choices lead to happiness, while others bring pain or suffering? Many […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, delivered this talk on January 13, 2022, at Tsechen Kunchab Ling, U.S.A., in commemoration of the mahāparinirvāṇa anniversary of Lobpon Rinpoche Sonam Tsemo. Source: This teaching was obtained from the Tsecheb Kunchab Ling Youtube. Lobpon Sonam Tsemo, the second of the Five Sakya Patriarchs, was the […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, graciously bestowed the Guru Rinpoche initiation of the Apang Terton lineage online, at the request of Sakya Friends, on February 4, 2023. Prior to the empowerment, His Holiness offered guidance and counsel to the practitioners. Embarking on any endeavor, the beginning is always the most challenging. […]
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