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There is nothing superior in Greater Vehicle Buddhism than to help others, and the highest form of help is to impart education and knowledge. Drupon Khen Rinpoche 15th January 2022

How to turn anger into virtue? When you feel anger starting to churn within you, you can think: "I will take on all anger of all sentient beings, such that no sentient being will be troubled by anger again." Not only will this thought diminish your anger in the moment, the anger becomes a source […]

Those who further the Dharma are Buddhists, and those who destroy the Dharma are Buddhists. This was clearly prophesied by the Buddha when he said that those who would bring about the destruction of Buddhism would be Buddhists and not those of other religious traditions, etc. We may think that it was fanatical foreign invaders […]

If someone mistreats you because they don’t like you but you don’t react negatively with anger, it won’t be long before that person changes their mind about you. They will gradually come to think, ‘This person is not so bad after all, they are easy going.’ Even if that particular person doesn’t change towards you, […]

You are probably kidding yourself if you think that you will magically attain enlightenment after you die by simply making offerings, reciting mantras and calming your mind. No one becomes a buddha while still ignorant. – Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu

When you have nothing to do in particular And are fine with whatever occurs You have reached an advanced stage of practice. Drupon Khen Rinpoche གང་གང་བྱེད་མི་དགོས་པ་དང་། གང་བྱུང་འགྲིག་སྡད་ཡོད་པ་ན། ཉམས་ལེན་ཚད་མཐོར་སླེབ་པའི་རྟགས།

I will die happy if I have no savings or anything of value in my name to speak of once I’m gone. Drupon Khen Rinpoche Sept. 2022

A practitioner of Mind Training or Greater Vehicle Buddhism should try to be as unobtrusive as possible with their good qualities. You see this trait in many true practitioners. It’s not as if they are trying to hide something they think they have. They genuinely believe themselves to lack any special qualities. Having learnt something […]

At one point when Khenpo Munsel, the renowned Dzogchen master, was experiencing a period of poor health, he gave away everything he owned. He had one very precious statue that he needed to decide what to do with. This statue was given by the great dzogchen master Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Nyima to Khenpo Ngakchung. Khenpo […]

If you’ve got someone who is willing to scold you, you’ve probably got someone who is looking out for you. Drupon Khen Rinpoche 28.07.2022

When I read Milarepa’s life story, it is not his miraculous displays of flying or his clairvoyance that I find astonishing. What I find amazing and truly impressive is how he continued to live as an ordinary beggar, a seeming nobody, after he had attained clairvoyance and miraculous powers. When I read that, I feel, […]

Only once you are able to take suffering as the path can you take desire and the other afflictions as the path. – Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu

If I had a girlfriend that left me, the last thing I’d do is shut myself off from the world. Well, maybe I’d allow myself to sulk for a little while, an afternoon or an evening. But I wouldn’t leave it long before putting a brave face on it. I’d go to the barber, get […]

Maybe many people think that if you are able to memorise and explain a lot of Dharma terminology and the root verses of the treaties, then you understand the dharma. That is not in fact true. How can one come to understand the Dharma? As I always say, do not look at the texts, look […]

People spend more than a decade going to school, some closer to two decades. Why? So that they can learn to be capable and successful in their chosen career and can get on in the world. Is that a fair assessment? Would anyone recommend that a child who lacks basic education start working? No. Why […]