Atisha lays the practice in such simple steps.
Read MoreBuddhist Summer Camp
Instead of arts and crafts, you just sit there.
Read MorePublic Transportation Practice
You can practice anywhere, really.
Read MoreThe Practice of Relieving and Offering
This practice is designed to destroy our self-cherishing mind while also perhaps helping to relieve the suffering of others. This practice requires bravery and courage. If done with heart, it will make a change in all involved.
Read MoreThe Practice of Compassion
When we can really see the ignorance that blinds us, compassion naturally arises. Seeing our own suffering clearly, we can use it as a springboard to understand the suffering of others.
Read MoreThe Generosity of India
Without India's generosity to the Tibetan refugees, the teachings we now have access to today would have been lost.
Read MoreThe Practice of Loving Kindness
Love has to be unconditional like the sun. The sun does not shine only on sun worshippers. The sun gives warmth to all everywhere. The practice of Loving Kindness is designed to help us develop this quality of maitri so that eventually the feeling is natural spontaneous occurrence with everyone we meet.
Read MoreBecome Friends with Yourself
Without the good companion of ourselves the path will be too difficult.
Read MoreThe Four Immeasurables
If these practices do not open our heart, we are sunk. Mindfulness can become very ego centric if we are not careful. So we attend to the wellbeing of the heart.
Read More21. The Supreme benefit is a mind that turns towards the Dharma
The mind absorbed in the dharma is alike a sponge in liquid, they become one.
Read More20. The Supreme way of benefiting is to help others enter the Dharma
The greatest gift we can give is to help someone find a spiritual path.
Read More19. The Supreme method is to be natural
When your family notices you are nicer, then you know you are getting somewhere.
Read More18. The Supreme inspiration is enemies, hindrances, disease and suffering
When difficulties arise, they wake us up to the need for practice. And difficulties are our greatest opportunity to put our practice to work.
Read More17. The Supreme companions are mindfulness and alertness
If we are meditating properly and on track, the mind is at ease with the subject of mediation. The mind feels clear, awake, very vivid and open.
Read More15. The Supreme spiritual teacher is the one who exposes our hidden flaws & 16. The Supreme instruction is the one that helps us to strike at these flaws
A good trainer points out where we need development. If our trainer only praised us, it would be difficult to progress. Similarly, a good spiritual teacher will help us see where we need to grow.
Read More14. The Supreme wisdom is to not grasp onto anything as the self
Wisdom understands that nothing exists from its own side and there is no self existence.
Read More13. The Supreme concentration is not altering the mind
In the beginning, the strategy is often to try to control the mind, and yet this is a form of altering the mind. Therefore, the supreme practice is relaxation.
Read More12. The Supreme effort is letting go of activity
To get to our true nature, we cannot make an effort, it comes from realization.
Read More11. The Supreme patience is to take the lowest place
This is not a teaching designed to make us doormats. It is designed to allow us to see the operating system of the ego. If you are suffering from low self esteem, then the first step is develop a strong healthy sense of self.
Read More10. The Supreme ethical conduct is to pacify one’s mind
If our mind is peaceful, we will not seek to harm.
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