Teachings given on March 8, 2013 by Lama Tsering Gyaltsen, a founding teacher, at Saraha Nyingma Buddhist Institute in Eugene, Oregon, USA on the subject "The Six Bardo's - The Intermediate States of Existence" 

“Bardo” is a Tibetan word meaning literally “between two,” which in Buddhism refers to the idea that within Samsara all states of existence are not static, but are actually continuous, successive, ordered facets of beginningless transition.  What we usually refer to as “life and death” are only two among the six bardos that are traditionally enumerated. 

Each Bardo has its own form of expression and development, and each presents beings with unique opportunities for the realization of enlightenment, or for advancement toward enlightenment, or conversely for decline into greater suffering.  Bardo teachings such as these are an important key to knowing where we are, which way to go, and  how to proceed.

Teaching on the Six Bardos by Lama Tsering Gyaltsen at Saraha Nyingma Buddhist Institute

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Glimpses of Abhidharma, 11-13 February 2023, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India - Part 2

Glimpses of Abhidharma, 11-13 February 2023, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India - Part 3

Glimpses of Abhidharma, 11-13 February 2023, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India - Part 1

Glimpses of Abhidharma, 11-13 February 2023, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India - Part 5

Brief prayer of lovingkindness that Tara Brach used to close her 2014-12-10 talk on "The Intimacy of Life." 

Brief Prayer Of Lovingkindness - Tara Brach

Part of an extensive commentary by Lama Michel Rinpoche on A Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Shantideva, one of the great classics of Mahayana buddhism.
Lama Michel Rinpoche guides us with great skill and care towards the altruistic aspiration of a Bodhisattva who seeks to reach Enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, explaining in depth how to cultivate each of the Six Perfections that are the basis of the Bodhisattva's Way of Life: generosity, morality, patience, joyful perseverance, concentration and wisdom, also known as the correct view of reality according to the Mahayana tradition, or the "Middle Way" of Nagarjuna and Chandrakirti.
Surprisingly pertinent to our present day in spite of having been written over one thousand years ago, the Bodhisattvacharyavatara is fundamental to understanding the essence of Buddhism in order to make our everyday lives significant. 
These teachings were given in December 2011- January 2012 at the Albagnano Healing Meditation Center, Italy. There is also an Italian version.

1/14 Bodhisattvacharyavatara: Patience Ch 6 v1, Tibetan Buddhist teachings with Lama Michel Rinpoche

Mermaid Song : 1974 AD

Teaching on Refuge – 2010, London, UK 

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Teaching On Refuge – 2010, London, UK - Track 01

Dedication “Protecting All Beings” (Toh 286) is a prayer of dedication that strongly resonates with the later Tibetan literature of mind training (blo sbyong). In addition to the classic element of dedication of merit to all beings, a substantial part of the text comprises a passage that enumerates the many faults, shortcomings, and afflictions that burden sentient beings, as well as the many possible attainments that they consequently may not have realized, and culminates in the wish that everything negative that would otherwise ripen for sentient beings may ripen instead for the reciter, so that all sentient beings would thus be liberated and purified.

https://read.84000-translate.org/translation/toh286.html

This second episode in our Sūtras for Well-Being series focuses on two closely related, and recently published texts:
- The Dedication “Fulfilling All Aspirations” (https://read.84000.co/translation/toh285.html) and 
- The Dedication “Protecting All Beings.” (https://read.84000.co/translation/toh286.html)

And today, we are thrilled to share with you both Tibetan and English readings of these texts by two widely respected teachers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition: Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche (English) and Pema Wangyal Rinpoche (Tibetan).

Open the texts in our online Reading Room (https://84000.co/translations/reading-room/), and follow along with the audio in the station above!

Ep. 2.2 | Tibetan | "The Dedication: Protecting All Beings" recited by Pema Wangyal Rinpoche

Buddhist organization under the direction of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.
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Glimpses of Abhidharma, 11-13 February 2023, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India - Part 1

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