Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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Protection from Extreme Hardship
As for the least result of Dharma practice, even if we do not reach either of the two results mentioned above, our Dharma practice should at least be able to protect us when we encounter
Dharma Protection
The second result of Dharma practice is that, even before we attain enlightenment, it will definitely protect us from many sufferings and difficulties while we are still wandering in samsara. Tibetan Dharma practitioners transform bad
Taking Care
།ཕྱི་ཡི་དཔལ་འབྱོར་ཁང་ཁྱིམ། །སྲུང་ལ་ཉིན་མཚན་བྲེལ་ཅིང་། །ནང་གི་སེམས་ཉིད་འདི་ལ། །བདག་པོ་རྒྱག་མཁན་མི་འདུག། Taking care of external house and wealth, Keeps us busy day and night, Leaving no one to take care of The inner essence of our mind. Posted by Rinpoche on Facebook,
The Importance of Contemplation and Mind Training in the Modern Age
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUaVARSmS4
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