Kagyu Practice
Lama Ole Nydahl
Very few people are able to meditate in a meaningful way for long periods of time, and only being caught in the conditioned world is a waste of potential. The best is to integrate Buddha's teachings into one's daily life , and we Kagyus have an excellent basis for doing that....
Buddhist Refuge
Karola Schneider
Every single person in the world is looking for happiness, but most people seek it in the outer world - in fame, career, partnership, etc. One cannot deny that these things give us pleasure, but since everything conditioned will fall apart, these sources of happiness are not lasting...
The Four Thoughts which Turn the Mind from Samsara
Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche
Every dharma practice is preceded by certain preparations that serve as a solid basis for correct practice. These preparations are divided into two kinds: the general and the special. The The Four Thoughts which Turn the Mind from Samsara belong to the general, or ordinary, preparations...
Learning in a Total Way. Teacher - Student Relationship.
Lama Ole Nydahl
If Buddhism had disappeared five hundred years ago and today we would find its texts and statues, what parts of the teaching would we be able to revive?...
Seven Points on Meditation
Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche
The purpose of meditation is to realize the true nature of mind, the achievement of Buddhahood. Mind is the basis for both our present experience of conditioned existence and enlightenment. Enlightenment is realizing mind's true nature, whereas ordinary life is being unaware of this nature...
Yidams - The Source of Accomplishments
Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
The special methods of the Vajrayana aim at bringing the appearances, which we generally experience as impure, to a pure level. The central point of this transformation is the understanding that only on the relative level do all phenomena appear as we experience them...
The Different Levels of Amitabha Practice
Manfred Seegers
The historical Buddha Shakyamuni had disciples of many different capacities. Although he actually taught one single way to enlightenment, different parts of his teachings were taken as vehicles according to the capacities of his disciples...
The Practice of Deity Yoga
Shangpa Rinpoche
The most common method of Vajrayana is the practice of Deity Yoga. It involves prayers to develop oneself according to the visualisation in the text. There are two stages: the Development Stage and Accomplishment Stage. The procedure or cycle of practice is just like in real life, i.e. birth, adult, old age, death and the bardo stage...
