Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Please bless the minds of all beings to turn towards Dharma. Please bless us that Dharma may become the actual path. Please bless us that our path may be cleared of delusion. Please bless us
Thank you Garden Volunteers!
Thank you everyone for volunteering to clean the garden after our Saturday morning meditation session today. Truly appreciate all your time and effort. Special thanks also to Rachel for bringing those delicious strawberries tea and
The Story of Wangdu La
In this blog, I would like to briefly recount the story of a close friend of mine, Wangdu La, a Tibetan living in New York, who is terminally ill and very close to death. Even
Kind Mother, Loving Jewel of My Heart
བོད་ཡིག་གཤམ་དུ་ཡོད། When I was not yet three months old, my mother’s duress, Midst strife with the communists, cast me from her Into vast darkness of pain. My weeping face’s tears From when she was deprived
Happy Saga Dawa!
Thursday, May 9th 2024, marked the beginning of the month of Saga Dawa, which will end on Thursday, June 6th 2024. This is the most auspicious month in the Tibetan lunar calendar. In Tibetan, “Saga”
True Wealth: Renunciation
When you realize the true nature of samsara you generate actual renunciation, a real wish to attain Liberation. If you develop perfect renunciation in your mind, by entering the perfect path of Sacred Dharma, you
Definitive Metaphors and Meanings
On Monday night, 5-6-2024, Rinpoche shared this teaching by the Venerable Longchen Rabjam. We did not sing it--a challenge for next time! This text comes courtesy of Lotsawa House, and translations in Tibetan, French, Portuguese
True Paths
What are true paths? They are paths that are the means of attaining true cessations. For example, like the wisdom insight directly realizing selflessness or emptiness. To understand this, you first need to know about