Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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Yurt has arrived! Thank you Volunteers!
On Friday, November 8th we faced a daunting task: to unload/organize/store/rodent-proof/weather proof the 30-foot yurt, which lay in piles and piles in our Uhaul. A dozen volunteers made it happen! Thank you to everyone who
The Results of Practicing Dharma
As for the results of practicing Dharma, in general, if we are a qualified practitioner of Dharma, we should have two primary objectives: to consider others more important than ourselves, and to consider future lives
Reflection
A few students have reached out this morning, upset about the election and seeking advice. I encourage you to read this post from Venice Williams and reflect on its message—I agree with it wholeheartedly. “You
We can definitely attain liberation
How are we liberated from samsara? If we can expel that demonic grasping ignorance and the five poisonous delusions that accompany it once and for all, that day we will be liberated. Again, how are
Happy Halloween!
འདྲེ་ཡི་དུས་ཆེན་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ། Yesterday, my friend and student Foster, mountain boy, decorated the MDC for Halloween and handed out sweets to the trick or treaters who we welcomed. Also, some of my very dear friends visited as
The Demon of Ignorance
Ignorance arises due to our own mistaken perceptions. Therefore, to remedy it we need an unmistaken mind: pure wisdom awareness. What is the actual unmistaken state of mind? It is the pure awareness of transcendent