His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin) bestowed this teaching in 2003 at Ahimsa Institute, South Egremont, Massachusetts, USA. We often focus on the results that we desire without precise attention to the causal factors that will produce them. This is true whether we are speaking of worldly or spiritual goals: success, happiness, […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on March 31, 2023, at the request of The Sakya Tradition. Source: This teaching was obtained from The Sakya Tradition. […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on March 11, 2023, at the request of The Sakya Tradition. Source: This teaching was obtained from The Sakya Tradition. […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on February 27, 2023, at the request of The Sakya Tradition. Source: This teaching was obtained from The Sakya Tradition. […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche bestowed this teaching online, at the request of Tibetan Education Fund on August 8, 2020. It sometimes seems like there are more challenges facing us in the 21st century than ever before. Global problems impact us all, while each individual must also contend with his or her […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on July 24, 2020, Dharmacakra day, on which we celebrate Buddha’s first teaching in this world—the first Turning of the Wheel of Dharma, at the request of Sachen Foundation. After Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, the first teaching he gave was a […]
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin) bestowed this teaching in 1984 at Rigpa in London. Two thousand five hundred years ago, Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment: a liberating insight into the nature of reality, freedom from all forms of suffering, and the ultimate happiness called buddhahood. After his awakening, in his first sermon, […]
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 […]
His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, bestowed this teaching by video on April 4, 2021, at the request of Fundación Sakya, Spain. An individual enters the Mahāyāna when he or she produces bodhicitta, the resolve to attain buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings. It is the essence of the Mahāyāna […]
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 […]