Buddha Dharma: An Indian Heritage

Among all the contributions of Indian culture, the Buddha Dharma shines very brightly. This very important part of Indian heritage has been influencing the world for more than 2,000 years and must be preserved. What is the Buddha Dharma: a religion, a spiritual path, a philosophy or a scientific method? It is all and none of these. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche introduces three key components of the Buddhist view of life and the world: impermanence, suffering and emptiness, giving practical instructions for meditating on the nature of the self and the mind. Perhaps the simplest explanation of the Buddha Dharma is that it is a path to becoming your own master.

The Perfection of Wisdom

The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra presents a fundamental view of the Buddha Dharma and how we can follow the path to an awakened mind. For Mahayana practitioners, this sutra is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche gives a brief introduction to the sutra on Saga Dawa, a very special day when the Buddha fully awakened to the truth.

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Buddha Dharma: An Indian Heritage & The Perfection of Wisdom, 14-15 June 2022, Kalimpong, India

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Buddha Dharma: An Indian Heritage

Among all the contributions of Indian culture, the Buddha Dharma shines very brightly. This very important part of Indian heritage has been influencing the world for more than 2,000 years and must be preserved. What is the Buddha Dharma: a religion, a spiritual path, a philosophy or a scientific method? It is all and none of these. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche introduces three key components of the Buddhist view of life and the world: impermanence, suffering and emptiness, giving practical instructions for meditating on the nature of the self and the mind. Perhaps the simplest explanation of the Buddha Dharma is that it is a path to becoming your own master.

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Buddha Dharma: An Indian Heritage, 14-15 June 2022, Kalimpong, India - Part 1

Buddha Dharma: An Indian Heritage, 14-15 June 2022, Kalimpong, India - Part 3

Buddha Dharma: An Indian Heritage, 14-15 June 2022, Kalimpong, India - Part 2

The Perfection of Wisdom

The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra presents a fundamental view of the Buddha Dharma and how we can follow the path to an awakened mind. For Mahayana practitioners, this sutra is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche gives a brief introduction to the sutra on Saga Dawa, a very special day when the Buddha fully awakened to the truth.

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The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines, 14 June 2022, Kalimpong, India

The Four Immeasurable Thoughts, May 13 - 14 2023, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Part 2

A collection of Dharma talks from Jack Kornfield

The Bodhisattva Way - Jack Kornfield

As modern people, our dukkha revolves around an overwhelming amount of freedom and choice, questions about the purpose of life, who am I, what am I, the insecurity of wanting to be recognized by others, alienation, disconnection, feeling trapped whilst at the same time wanting to belong, restlessness, over-stimulation... the list goes on.
Suffering from an identity crisis yet? Which identity, asks the Heart Sutra?

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Identity Crisis, 15 January 2024, Tokyo [日本語訳付き]

As long as we have consciousness and interact with the world around us, we act out of “trust” or “belief”. We have a notion of an objective reality but the way we see the world is highly subjective: even science is a belief. This Mahayana sutra provides a thorough explanation and detailed analysis of the meaning, development and characteristics of the “trust” which we, aspiring bodhisattvas, need to develop.

Based on the sutra Cultivating Trust in the Great Vehicle.

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Cultivating Trust On The Bodhisattva Path, 8 May 2022, Online

Lying flat or tangping is a recent Chinese cultural phenomenon among young people which implies a rejection of societal pressures and competition, and a desire to live a simple life. It may be the closest thing in Chinese society to the hippy movement and its counter-culture values. It may also be related to the Japanese phenomenon hikikomori, or extreme social withdrawal by young people. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche analyses tangping and how it relates to a meaningful life in the ancient Chinese and Indian wisdom traditions.

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Lying Flat Buddha, 3 April 2023, Taipei, Taiwan

It is said that storytelling is what separates humans from animals. In this masterclass, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche discusses the power of storytelling and how the notion of a universal theme and the temptation to always achieve a beautiful shot can get in the way of a good story.

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Beauty Is A Trap  Masterclass By Khyentse Norbu, 20 May 2023, Nepal

Listening to the song of the present moment, Jack uncovers how to dance with life’s dynamic rhythms along the harmonizing path to inner-freedom.

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“The rhythm of your breath is no different than the rhythm of the stars.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

- The art of listening to the song of life, birth and death
- Why it can be so tough to actually “Be Here Now” like Ram Dass
- How love connects to the present moment
- Alan Watts, music, dance, and harmonizing to the universe
- Feeling the rhythms of your breath and body
- Learning to dance to life’s dynamic music
- Staying open and avoiding spiritual bypass
- Looking at our body and life clearly and directly
- The power of attention, noting, and spaciousness for diffusing our judgements and emotions
- Buddha’s discovery of the Middle Way, and why he stopped fighting himself
- Dealing with the unfinished business of grief, loss, loneliness, wounds
- How to handle worries or fantasies that keep looping over and over
- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the tenderness and fearlessness of an Awakened Heart
- Why Buddha focused on humans as ‘five processes,’ rather than personalities
- Letting go of our rigid sense of self and diving into the fluidity of life
- Non-grasping and how even enlightenment is a problem
- Discovering the true path to liberation
- Death, dying, and a reading from the Tibetan Book of the Dead

“To listen is to be awake in the present without moving away from or running away from what’s actually here.” – Jack Kornfield

“The only place to actually love another person, or a tree, or a living creature, or the earth itself, is when we’re here in the present.” – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma talk originally recorded in 1991 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

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Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 255 – Listening To The Song Of The Present Moment

- How do we move beyond our desire to perpetuate experiences into a place where we can be free to enjoy the present moment?
​- How do we recognize moments of awakening and move into a place of identifying with the soul?
- How do we learn to embrace simplicity and spaciousness and move into harmony in a way that benefits those around us?
How do we learn to honor our incarnations while remaining free of attachment?

From tragedy to elation, moments of awakening come in many forms. When we recognize that we were born in order to work through attachments in ourselves that keep us bonded to our separateness, the meaning our of lives change. We see the potential for our souls to awaken to their true nature. From then on, everything in our life becomes a vehicle for awakening and we are free to open ourselves to all forms of the universe...

From Separation To Source

In Joseph's first podcast for the Be Here Now Network he clearly brings to light the sometimes very difficult convoluted notion of emptiness.  As the high Lama Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says,"When you recognize the empty selfless nature of phenomena the energy to bring about the good of others dawns uncontrived and effortless."

Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour - Ep. 1 - Zero Centre Of Emptiness

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The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines, 14 June 2022, Kalimpong, India

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