by Amy Billman | Aug 31, 2023
These concerns are described as hope for experiencing pleasure, being thought of as important, being praised, and gaining what we desire. The flip side of these involves fear of experiencing pain, being considered insignificant, being blamed, and losing what we want....
by Tom Charland | Mar 22, 2023
Lama Yeshe will give a talk to help us understand interdependence. He will also give us advice on how to relate to our sensory experience.
by Ellie | Nov 6, 2022 | Dharma practice, Dharma teaching
Today I am giving the eighth and final class in a series about Tibetan Buddhism and am going to talk about tonglen or mind training. We start on the path by taming our mind which allows our mind to be trained. Training the mind means we develop a regular...
by Ellie | Sep 1, 2022 | Dharma teaching
A teaching by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on July 31, 2022 Material is taken from the book, The Heart is Noble, by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. All quotations are taken from this book. No matter what is going on we have ways to make life meaningful for...
by Ellie | Jul 10, 2022 | Dharma teaching
June 10, 2002 Our first priority is to help ourselves (before we are able to begin to help others). We want renown. It’s often what we work for. We also want to gain an advantage for ourselves. We work to get more money. There is a lot of self-clinging these days....