Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism, Part One
Visualizing a deity or deities while meditating or performing a puja is one of the principal methods used in the Tibetan tradition to transform our experience with the world. Deities are highly symbolic representations of awakened minds that have appeared to past masters in visions.
Mindfulness and Awareness in Everyday Life
A teaching by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on November 13, 2022 This teaching was not recorded. The material for this teaching comes from How to Do Life by Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche and Heart of the Buddha by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche If we are going to have a fulfilling life it...
A teaching on the practice of Tonglen given by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on November 6, 2022
Today I am giving the eighth and final class in a series about Tibetan Buddhism and am going to talk about tonglen or mind training. We start on the path by taming our mind which allows our mind to be trained. Training the mind means we develop a regular...
Lama Rinpocheama Prayers
A teaching by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on August 28, 2022 based on prayers written by the great Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye of Palpung Monastery and contained in Ground, Path, and Fruition by Tai Situpa, Chamgon Kenting.1 Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé (1813-1899) is...
The Life of Dusum Khyenpa, the First Karmapa, whose name means Knower of the Three Times.
This is part of an ongoing series of teachings on the Kagyu forefathers. The teaching was given by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on August 21, 2022. Content is taken from the book, First Karmapa: The Life and Teachings of Dusum Khyenpa. Additional details on the...
Visualization in Vajrayana
A teaching by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on August 7, 2022 All quotations, unless noted, are from the book, Wish Fulfilling Jewel by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. Vajrayana is a branch of Mahayana so in order to be meaningful and effective, listening, teaching, and practicing...
Compassionate Response, part one
A teaching by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on July 31, 2022 Material is taken from the book, The Heart is Noble, by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. All quotations are taken from this book. No matter what is going on we have ways to make life meaningful for...
Nine Stages of Shamatha Meditation, Part One
A teaching by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on July 24, 2022. The talk is based on material found in Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s book, The Practice of Tranquility and Insight. Always begin meditation, or any Dharma activity, with the pure motivation of Bodhicitta, the wish...
Lama Karma Drodhul on Nyenne Practice
The following guide is taken from four teachings Lama Karma Drodhul gave to the KTC Hay River sangha in March 2022. The text for this practice is taken from the longer purification practice called Nyungne, which is available from the KTD bookstore, Namse Bangdzo....
What Is a Chakravartin?
A question came up during the Tuesday night book discussion about the wheel-turning ruler or Chakravartin. Following is a brief explanation of a Chakravartin (universal monarch) and why his wheel turns. From...
Deity Practice, part two
A teaching by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on July 17, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUS9v8M5T30 The transcription below contains additional information The reason we visualize and supplicate deities is to transform our experience from impure and deluded to a pure...
A brief teaching on Loving Kindness for Today’s World from the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
June 10, 2002 Our first priority is to help ourselves (before we are able to begin to help others). We want renown. It’s often what we work for. We also want to gain an advantage for ourselves. We work to get more money. There is a lot of self-clinging these days....
The Four Immeasurables
Given by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe on June 19, 2022. This teaching is based on the book by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Excellent at the Beginning: Discovering the Buddhist Way, Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Rinchen Publications, 2015. May all sentient beings have...
Blessing of Animals
The Hay River KTC Buddhist Meditation Center is hosting an Animal Blessing ceremony at 2 PM Central Time on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Everyone is welcome. Guests need to be able to keep their animals under control, and animals must be pet-friendly and people-friendly....
Stupa of Awakening at Thrangu Monastery
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche It has been more than one year since the passing into parinirvana of our beloved abbot and master Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, and students all over the world are praying for his continued vast benefit for sentient beings and his swift return to...
Medicine Buddha online with Lama Yeshe
Medicine Buddha Members and friends of the Hay River KTC and Minneapolis KTC are doing the Medicine Buddha group practice with Lama Yeshe online regularly, twice each month. (See our website calendar for specific dates and times.) If you would like to participate but...
Teaching on the Short Medicine Buddha practice
Medicine Buddha On Saturday, June 6th, 2020, Lama Yeshe gave a Zoom teaching on the Short Medicine Buddha practice -- from Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma, Volume Two taught by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche -- and led us in the practice. He started the session by giving us...
Chenrezig Amitabha online with Lama Yeshe
As has been said by our beloved guru, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, the total embodiment of the great enlightened compassion of all victorious buddhas bears the name Avalokita in Sanskrit, or Chenrezik in Tibetan, and his altruistic heart and enlightened activity act...
Lama Yeshe on Meaning in Life and the Fear of Death
March 31, 2020 - As part of a weekly series on the book Karma: What it Is, What it Isn't, Why it Matters, by Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe talked about Chapter 6: Meaning in Life and the Fear of Death. View the video on YouTube. The Hay River KTC Buddhist...
Lama Yeshe on Entering the Bodhisattva Path
April 5, 2020 Lama Yeshe gave a teaching on entering the Mahayana Path, the path of the bodhisattva. The path is a progression. As we travel along it, we naturally develop more compassion for others. To listen to the recording, click here. For further reading on this...