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Teaching on Refuge – 2010, London, UK 

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Teaching on Refuge – 2010, London, UK

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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

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

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Glimpses of Abhidharma, 11-13 February 2023, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India - Part 6

Purification of Karmic Obscurations, 26 May 2013, New York, USA - Part 1

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Purification of Karmic Obscurations

Purification of Karmic Obscurations, 26 May 2013, New York, USA - Part 1

01 01 - Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro

The Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras, March 3-7, 2017, Singapore.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche gives the first of a two-part teaching on one of the most important texts in the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions, which “explains all the profound and extensive practices of the bodhisattvas, which can be summarized under three headings: what to train in, how to train, and who is training” (Mipham Rinpoche).

“The Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras”, as transmitted to Asanga by Maitreya, provides a complete account of the Mahayana view, meditation, conduct, and fruition from the Yogacara perspective. It makes a clear case for why we should strive energetically to achieve the unsurpassable state of enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings, and having formed that intention, how we should practice the bodhisattva path. The text was first translated from Sanskrit to Tibetan in the 8th century, and virtually all the great masters of all the Tibetan traditions have studied this work and its commentaries in depth.

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The Ornament Of The Mahayana Sutras - Part 1

Teaching On Refuge – 2010, London, UK - Track 03

Teaching On Refuge – 2010, London, UK - Track 02

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

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Teaching On Refuge – 2010, London, UK - Track 02

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