Shamar Rinpoche – Learning to see

An Interview with Shamar Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, France (Edited – From KKÖ-INFO, a quarterly magazine of Karma Kagyu Austria.) Kkö-info: What is important to Dharma practitioners in the West? Rinpoche: In order to practice Buddhism it is most important to...

Shamar Rinpoche – Enlightenment Is Within You

A teaching given before the Marpa Initiation Menlo Park, California, August 1994 Our Kagyupa teachings were established by Marpa. Marpa was a great enlightened person, the guru of Milarepa who is the most famous Yogi of Tibet. The initiation given today is the Guru...

Shamar Rinpoche – Calm Abiding and Insight Meditation

Meditation is an extremely profound practice, and it becomes more and more so as one progresses. My advice to everyone is to start out simply – as simply as possible. Honestly, however, I must tell you that I feel inadequate to undertake the task of conveying...

Shamar Rinpoche – The Bodhisattva Vow

In general, there are two aspects to the Bodhisattva Vow. The first aspect is the wish, the intention, or aspiration of a bodhisattva. The second is the application of that intention or wish. The Application of the wish means to actualize, or to put the wish into...

Saraha – Pieśń dla Marpy

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