A LOVING TRIBUTE TO TENZIN ROBERT A.F. THURMAN (1941–2026): A Great Friend of...
In memory of Tenzin Thurman – A Skillful Teacher.” — Ronald Borcherdt With deep gratitude and profound sadness, we honor the life of Professor Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman, who passed away...
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8 Forms Guru Rinpoche Video Thumbnail Welcome to Buddha Weekly’s special practitioner’s guide to the Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche, also known as Padmasambhava, with dates for practice, and...
View ArticleBlack Manjushri Healing Mantra: Venerable Zasep Rinpoche with transmission of...
Black Manjushri Healing Teaching and Mantra Transmission from Venerable Zasep Rinpoche Video Thumbnail. What Buddhist practices are helpful for healing agressive diseases such as cancer or any...
View ArticleSongs of the great Yogi Shabkar: every being is mother; absolute nature is my...
The great Yogi Shabkar bridges modern times with the ancient masters, the likes of Milarepa, Marpa, Niropa, Tilopa, and the great Mahasiddhis. Shabkar Tsokdruk Randrol (Tib. ཞབས་དཀར་ཚོགས་དྲུག་རང་གྲོལ་,...
View ArticleHow a Home Retreat Helps Busy People Manage Time and Save Money; How to Do...
Sitting retreats are important opportunities to “still the mind”, allowing us to develop “realizations.” There is something very special about the Buddhist Retreat. We all look forward to our first...
View ArticleCree Medicine Man Sean Walking Bear returns for a quick video talk on busy...
Medicine Man Sean Walking Bear. Medicine Man and movie actor, Sean Walking Bear discusses humility, ego, prayer and beliefs in this short video discussion. We previously interviewed Walking Bear in...
View ArticleVideo Medicine Buddha Retreat, part 1: open self-healing weekend with...
Part 1 of a series featuring a full Medicine Buddha weekend retreat, suitable for anyone who wishes to meditate on healing. Medicine Buddha practices are universally popular and very effective for...
View ArticleVideo part 2 of Heart Sutra Commentary by H.E. Zasep Rinpoche: how...
H.E. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche with a line from his “long life prayer” which was composed by his teacher HH Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. In part 2 of this wonderfully clear commentary on the Heart Sutra, H.E....
View ArticleVideo: Heart Sutra Commentary by H.E. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche Part 1: Teachings...
Part 1 of an important commentary on Heart Sutra, and especially on the true nature of Shunyata (Emptiness) — a concept often misinterpreted. Heart Sutra is the most important sutra teaching on...
View ArticleInterview with Venerable Robina Courtin: “Staying sane in a crazy world”,...
Venerable Robilna Courtin managed to give Buddha Weekly some time out of her busy teaching schedule to discuss the Three Higher Trainings and other Buddhist topics. Screen grab from video (below.)...
View ArticleMeditation retreat today is vital and precious and helps us have direct...
How many of us actually find time for even a weekend retreat in today’s hectic world? Many Buddhists — and non-Buddhists — aspire to the quiet energy of retreat, not just to de-stress, but to actually...
View ArticleGreen Tara guided meditation video, guided by H.E. Zasep Rinpoche with...
Venerable Zasep Rinpoche teaching at a Tara weekend using the commentary book, Tara in the Palm of Your Hand, as a reference. Green Tara is almost certainly one of the most popular Englightened Buddhas...
View ArticleFemale Enlightened Manifestations and Female Teachers and Lamas — Wisdom in...
“If being a woman is an inspiration, use it. If it is an obstacle, try not to be bothered by it.” — Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche. Lama Acharya Dr. Shannon Young. “I feel that there could always be more...
View ArticleGuru Rinpoche answers Lady Tsogyal: Should we practice one or many yidams? Is...
Guru Rinpoche’s teachings to the Lady Tsogyal are as clear and wonderful today as they were centuries ago. Reading the recorded words of the Lotus Born Padmasambhava is almost like sitting at the feet...
View ArticleTara Book excerpt and teaching: Who is Tara and how can She help us? An...
Tara in the Palm of Your Hand, a book by Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche is available on Amazon.ca in paperback from Wind Horse Press. Who, or what is Tara that she can show us that Enlightenment is in...
View ArticleVideo: “How do I deal with my anger? Sometimes it consumes me and hurts...
Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, spiritual director of Gaden for the West meditation centres in Canada, U.S. and Australia. Anger is, unquestionably, the largest obstacle to Buddhist practice — and the...
View ArticleVideo: “Experience Buddhism” with Singha Namdrol Rinpoche “Buddhism...
Namdrol Rinpoche (left) with Lama Zopa Rinpoche (right). Namdrol Rinpoche’s root gurus are the late Khensur Rinpoche Geshe Lama Lhundrup Rigsel (the ex-Abbot of Kopan Monastery), Venerable Kyabje Jhado...
View ArticleCankama Sutta: Walking Meditation Sutra: put some mileage on your Buddhist...
Meditation is the metaphorical transport vehicle on the journey towards Enlightenment. Mediation is a key practice within the Noble Eightfold Path, specifically: Right Concentration (samma samadhi) and...
View Article“Mind is the creator of our own happiness or suffering”—Venerable Zasep Tulku...
By Lee Kane “On one level all our minds are connected,” said Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche in his introductory remarks at a weekend retreat dedicated to Lojong Seven-point mind training. “We are the...
View ArticleInterview Lama Dr. Shannon Young: Dzogchen teacher focuses on bringing Dharma...
Lama Dr. Shannon Young — Dzogchen Lineage teacher, Doctor of Pharmacy, and loving wife and mother — advocates bringing “Dharma” into daily life. “My teacher has always said that the Pharmacy is my...
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