[From a teaching on the Songs of Barway Dorje, Part 3, by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche given at Kunzang Palchen Ling in March 2015. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] How do you rest the mind in this immediate or present awareness? By not being distracted from the continuity of mere presence. Distraction from the continuity of mere…
Have the Real Intention to Help Others
[From teaching on Essence of Wisdom: Stages of the Path, Part 4, by Lama Tashi Topgyal. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] It’s not helpful to scold ourselves or blame ourselves for what we perceive as lack of success in actually benefiting others because giving into disappointment about that can cause us to lose our resolve…
Nature of Language No Different than the Nature of Mind
[From a teaching on Essence of Wisdom: Stages of the Path, Part 2, by Lama Tashi Topgyal. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] The character of language is the appearance of the character of the mind or the attributes of the mind, which fundamentally is the clear light, the cognition devoid of inherent existence. What in…