The Shastra on Governance

Chapter IIScrutinizing a Wise Ruler The rulers of people Should study various Dharma texts And should rely on the learned, In order to understand what one should and should not do. If one does not read and study Dharma texts, Then a person with little knowledge Will not be able to differentiate what to adopt or abandon. So, one should…

A Lamp on the Path

Speeches and written messages of H.H. Pema Norbu Rinpoche Today all of us at Namdroling are gathered here: tulkus, khenpos, teachers and the sangha community. This is the time when we distribute the annual mark sheets for all the shedra (monastic university) students, including the seniors. Everything went well. Thank you. This is also the beginning of the New Year.…

Spiritual Advice by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche

Today, we have come to the end of our three-day picnic. It seems that the morning rainfall has made the day a little uncomfortable but all is well. Usually by this time, I have been going abroad, but due to an inconvenience in my authorization letter from New Delhi, I had to postpone it for some days. Nonetheless, everything is…

The Shastra on Governance called “Adornments of the Leaders”

From the collection work of Mipham Rinpoche In Sanskrit: Rajniti shastra bhumi palasya alankara namaIn Tibetan: gyalpoi lugkyi tenchö sazhi kyong wai gyenHomage to exalted Manjushri, the supreme master and protector! Homage with respect to the Three JewelsWho are the adornments of the world:The supreme Buddha, who is an authentic teacher,The Dharma, which is the path to liberation;And the Sangha,…

Spiritual Advice from H.H. Jadral Rinpoche

I pay homage to and take refuge in the Lama Dorje Zijid Tsal (Indestructible Resplendent Expression)! In the twelfth Tibetan month this year, in the hidden land of Tashi Ding, in order to receive the Rinchen Terzod empowerments from the teacher Dodrup Tulku, I purposely sent some of my young monks and for them I have three pieces of advice.…

Spiritual Advice Given by H.H. the Third Penor Rinpoche to a Group of International Disciples

Part Two Since with this precious human birth we have the capacity for intellectual understanding, we really have to contemplate what is the best benefit that we can achieve within this lifetime. We might just focus on our worldly activities, but that would just be cultivating the causes and conditions to cycle in samsara again, and we will not achieve…

The Advice Called ‘The Garland of Jewels’

From the collection work of Shechen Gyaltsab You possess the wisdom body that always resides in my lotus heart of threefold faith.You are the all-pervading lord and the protector of all mandalas.May Lodoe Thaye, the second Buddha,Shower upon you the flowers of auspiciousness! Kyeho! As the fruit produced by the positive accumulations of the past,The golden grain of this human…

Spiritual Advice Given by H.H. the Third Penor Rinpoche to a Group of International Disciples

His Holiness Drubwang Penor Rinpoche Part One Tonight I am going to talk about the general history of the Dharma and the way we individually think. Generally, as we have attained a human form in this world, we should make this significant in whatever we do. It is also obvious that each and every human being in this world can…

The Negative Consequences of Playing Cards As Foretold by Guru Padmasambhava

Homage to Manjushri! When the great master Guru Padma Jungney taught the Condensed Words of Vast Teachings on the top floor of Samye Monastery, he set forth this prophecy to his fortunate disciple Gyalwa Chogyang:  “Listen, my son: When life spans have degenerated to the limit of thirty years, he seven damsin sisters will escape to Tibet. Owing to their evil…

Spiritual Advice Given by H.H. the Third Penor Rinpoche during the Fourth Preliminary Practice Session, 19th March, 2004

The preliminary practices consist of three parts: the common outer preliminary practice, the uncommon inner preliminary practice and a part of the actual portion of the instructions on the swift path of phowa (meditation on transferring the consciousness at the time of death). From those practices, the common outer preliminary practice consists of four kinds of contemplation: the rarity of…