Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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Contentment and Satisfaction
If you have money, your hopes for happiness will lead you to suffering. Real
Regarding the benefits and fruits of generosity, and the ideal time for giving generously
The temporal benefits of generosity are that in doing so, even if one does not desire it, wealth and possessions arise and one is reborn wealthy in subsequent lives. Ultimately, having perfected the great accumulation
The Essence of Mind
When we look at the essence of our mind we are talking about not following after any thoughts of the past, nor looking forward to any occurrences in the future, but focusing on the very
Expanded Closing Prayer
Here is an expanded version of the closing prayers we say in English as our dedication and aspiration--thank you Rinpoche for making it match the Tibetan prayers more fully.
How do we talk about emptiness?
In teaching emptiness there is nothing material to show, nothing to produce. So how do we talk about emptiness? It has to be based on experience. It has to be a sharing of experience. As
ལོ་གསར་ཐུང་མཚམས་ཤིག་ལ་བསྡད་པ།
See the original post on Rinpoche’s Blog: ལོ་གསར་ཐུང་མཚམས་ཤིག་ལ་བསྡད་པ།
The Five Precepts & Benefits and Precepts of Refuge
The 5 Precepts (Pancasila) "I undertake to abstain from killing sentient beings." "I undertake to abstain from stealing and taking what is not given." "I undertake to abstain from sexual misconduct." "I undertake to abstain
The Benefits of Receiving Transmission (Luung)
With transmission, the Teacher gives the permission and empowers the student to engage in the practice. The day you receive transmission, the Teacher gives you his entire unbroken lineage. In Vajrayana Buddhism, the unbroken lineage