Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, June 2021
The teachings of the Buddha relate to our everyday experience, the way we perceive life. This is true across the board, from the most basic teachings to teachings on the ultimate view. So of course this is true in our practice of the dharma too. Our practice must relate to what we see, hear and […]
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, 5th December 2021
We shouldn’t bother wishing to be like the rich and famous. We probably have no idea of the trouble, anxiety and feelings of dissatisfaction that plague them. We should instead look up to and aspire to be like those who have control over their minds. When I was in Namo Buddha just now, I was […]
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, October 2021
Here’s are some good questions you can ask yourself occasionally: What if everyone were like me? What would happen to my community if everyone had the same degree of care and concern for others as me? What would happen to the community if everyone offered the same amount of service as me? What would happen […]
In the practice of the Greater Vehicle, there is no thought of, ‘May this be good for me.’ It is all about others.
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, October 2021
A young child is happy to play with other children for a while but its heart lies with its mother. It is happy as long as its mother is in sight. Likewise, us modern day Buddhists are happy to play with the dharma for a while but our hearts lie with the world. We will […]
Whatever we are attached to becomes our boss. Our desires enslave us.
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, August 2021
Yesterday Olga requested some practice instructions. She said she gave up everything in order to come here and rely on me – her career, her status, her financial security and so on. So what I’ll say in reply is, ok, you gave up these things to come and train under my guidance, now on top […]
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, Summer 2021
Our normal way of being will show us how our practice is going, not how long we can sit on the cushion.
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, 21st July 2021
Venerable Tashi came to see me today to confess that he had become angry at me for what he thought was me wasting his time. But, Venerable Tashi, you should know that if you had even a shred of a practitioner’s way of thinking, and are someone who is truly careful with their time, then […]
A dharma practitioner will never look down on others. – Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu
Everything you do – walking, eating, sleeping, etc – must be made the path. So look directly: ‘What is it that I need to do when I am eating? How can I make eating a path of dharma practice?' It is very immediate. You have a job to do right now. There is something you […]
Whether we have entered the dharma or not, depends on whether we have developed renunciation or not. If renunciation is present, the practices will lead us to liberation, which is the main purpose of dharma. –Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu
ILLUSORY WEALTH – REAL PROBLEMS Our connection is not one based on money. So I’d prefer it if you don’t come to me with offerings of money, because when someone does then I first to need to consider very carefully whether this will become a source of merit for them or not. Accepting money from […]
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, 6 August 2020
Being a practitioner doesn’t mean that we go to a place with the intention to practise and do sessions. We’ve all come here to the retreat centre with that thought in mind, but that thought alone is not what makes someone a practitioner. A practitioner has a very special or unique way of thinking, which […]
When you understand that you do not understand, you are not so far away from real understanding.
