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Peter had the question, “What should I do to get the most benefit from retreat?” It depends on the retreat, and why you are there. If you sign up for a retreat to receive teachings on a practice like …

For teachers, customer service people, counselors, chaplains, barbers—all those of you who work with a stream of people each day. Something to recite between to keep your mind on dharma. Through the k…

Have you ever wondered how they make those beautiful thangkas (Tibetan Buddhist scroll paintings)? They start with a drawing. Each drawing is done to very precise proportions on a predetermined grid c…

The dates below are days that are not good days to put up new prayer flags. February (2021): March: 17, 29 April: 9, 16, 28 May: 9, 12, 14, 26 June: 20 July: 1, 16, 27 August: 12, 23, Septem…

This article first appeared in the European Buddhist magazine. You’ll notice that the person who gave this teaching is Tibetan. Please take this cultural and educational perspective into account…

This a traditional Tibetan diagram illustrating nine stages of progress in Shamatha. The painting brings together several teachings related to Shamatha, namely the Nine Ways of Resting the Mind, the S…

Close is what we almost always are: close to happiness, close to another, close to leaving, close to tears, close to God, close to losing faith, close to being done, close to saying something, or clos…