Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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Thank you Garden Volunteers!
On Saturday, August 1st, 2026 a group volunteers, aged 2(?) to 96, helped to pull weeds, trim, and sweep, until the Dharma Center looked neat and nice! Thank you so much to all the volunteers
Video of “Introduction to Ngöndro: The Kagyu Preliminary Practices”
On Saturday, July 11, 2026, Rinpoche gave a teaching on Introduction to Ngöndro: The Kagyu Preliminary Practices held at the Manjushri Dharma Center in California, translation by David Molk aka Jampa Tharchin. A video
Audio recording of “The Essence of Buddhism as Related to the Four Noble Truths” by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche
"This brief commentary on the Four Noble Truths was written for some of my aspiring disciples on the 22nd of April, 2019 during a two-day teaching retreat on the Heart Sutra. The entire subject of
Shunyata, Essence of Mind
This is a public talk given by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche Broadcast live at Wave Street Studios on June 3, 2011. (Transcription by Jerry Hutchens & translation, interpretation and editing by Jampa Tharchin) I am delighted
Reflections on the teaching “Songs of Milarepa”+ Audio Recording of Teaching
On Sunday, June 28th, 2026 at the Wisdom Center in Santa Cruz, a non-sectarian Buddhist teaching and meditation center, Rinpoche gave teachings on the life of the Great Tibetan Yogi Saint, Jetsun Milarepa, with an
In Memory of Rangzen Lobga
Rangzen Lobga-la, You are the true hero who deserves to stand as a model of struggle for all Tibetans, both those living in Tibet and those living in exile. While you were alive,
A Tibetan Hero who Merged into the Flames
In March of this year, the government of Communist China made use of the deceptively pleasant-sounding phrase, “The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” to enact a new fundamental law which will further suppress
Speak up to oppose the Ethnic Unity Law of China!
Speak up to oppose the Ethnic Unity Law of China. Support human rights in Tibet! Every call, email, or letter to your representative matters. Very few Americans actually contact their House and Senate reps, so