Shamar Rinpoche – Introduction to Vajrayana

After he attained Enlightenment, Buddha Shakyamuni gave both public and individual teachings, 84,000 baskets of teachings altogether, until his Parinirvana. His First Sermon was Dharmachakra Perwatang or the Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path, which is the ground...

Shamar Rinpoche – Nie potrzebujemy zbyt wiele tradycji

A teaching given before the Marpa Initiation Menlo Park, California, August 1994 Niektórzy z praktykujących na Zachodzie mówią, że w Buddyzmie Tybetańskim zawarta jest zarówno tradycja tybetańska jak i właściwa praktyka Dharmy, często jednak nie potrafią odróżnić od...

Shamar Rinpoche – Refuge in The Three Jewels

For a better understanding of taking refuge in the three jewels – the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, we need to know something about Samsara, to begin with. For it is this cyclic existence of total dissatisfaction that we wish ourselves to be sheltered from....

Shamar Rinpoche – The Seven Points of Mind Training of Atisha

„Easy to explain, but very difficult to realize” The Seven Points of Mind Training is at the heart of the Sutra and Tantra teachings in the Mahayana tradition; they are the skilful means of practice. The Indian sage, Atisha, composed the text later...