Everyone says it’s the time of degeneration. Yes, I believe the degenerate age will be here sooner or later as Guru Rinpoche prophesied in his Seven Chapter Prayer, Spontaneously Accomplishing Wishes: “In the degenerate age of strife, in the last five-hundred years, all sentient beings will be beleaguered by the gross defilement of the five poisons.” Also in other Buddhist…
Activities at the Namdroling Dratsang The Buddha Era 2559, 17th Rabjung, Tibetan Royal Year 2142, Wood Female Sheep Year started from February 19, 2015. The whole Namdroling sangha gathered early in the morning inside the Golden Temple and made auspicious prayers for the well-being of all sentient beings in general and for the long life of the Fourth Drubwang Penor…
I would like to share my thoughts reflecting on the reality of life from the different levels of beings’ mental dispositions, in ascending order. The continuum of consciousness between birth and death occurring in living beings with the support of vital wind-energy and substantial causes is called life. The existences of lives are distinguished by their common distinctive characteristics and…
Palyul Times (PT): Tashi Delek! Khen Rinpoche, with our humble greetings, we would like to request you to grant an interview for the Palyul Times magazine for this year’s publication. It is an annual English publication we produce from the Ngagyur Rigzod Editorial Committee. The magazine contains a general introduction to dharma, descriptions of sacred Buddhist sites, biographies, events at…
Dharmakirti was born in the kingdom of Chudamani, south India, in the 7th century CE. Being intelligent and competitive from a young age, he learned crafts, rituals, vedas, medical examination, grammar and all the non-Buddhist tenets of his day. Dharmakirti became proficient in all of these tenets by the age of eighteen, and he was praised by the brahmins. During…
According to Mahayana Buddhism, the ultimate fruition is explained in two states: the body (Skt. kaya)—the self-perfected state that manifests through body and represents the dimension of the primordial state—and wisdom (Skt. jnana)—consciousness that represents the energy of original wisdom. Naturally, they are empty and luminous respectively. The latter one, wisdom, is further categorized into five jnana in accordance with…
Prajna-mula-madhyamika, the major text among the six root Madhyamika teachings of Nagarjuna, teaches about emptiness, the sole path to attain pristine cognition. By learning and contemplating on this teaching, one can generate insight into the reality which is beyond the eight fabricated extremes. The teaching is described briefly through the following summary of its twenty-seven chapters. Chapter One: Analysis of…
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…
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…
Palden Drepung or the Shri Dhanayakata Stupa is one of the oldest and most unique stupas in Buddhism. Generally we see eight types of stupas in the sutras, each related to an episode in the life of the Buddha. However in Vajrayana Buddhism, the ninth one is the Kalachakra Stupa, which has to do with ‘guarding from negative energies’. According…
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