From Study to Application When we use a mala, the beads come one after another, and each bead looks the same as the one before it. And yet, they are not the same. In addition, there is a string holding the beads together and in order. Jigme Rinpoche’s four...

  Sometimes, while studying the middle way that leads to the understanding of emptiness, we can feel a bit lost. Everything gets called into question, and we can feel like the teaching deconstructs our beliefs without proposing any alternative. But don’t...

    Bringing together the understanding and experiences of many different individuals is indeed what took place during the Institute's first forum dedicate to professional life. Yes, but with what goal? Finding the resources to reply together to the...

    Reality(ies) So, just what can be the use of Buddhist philosophy ? This is the question that criss-crossed the first session of this new cycle of teachings with Thinley Rinpoché based on The Adornment of the Middle Way, one of the essential Buddhist...

    In Tibetan, we don't say “I'm a Buddhist”, we say “I turn inwards”. This is the idea that began the five days of teaching with Jigmé Rinpoché. To know the outer world is not a bad thing, but to turn inwards allows us to not have to depend on our...

    « In three days of forum, I’ve learned more about myself than in the last two years. » This is the feedback from a teen who participated with his mom in the fourth intergenerational forum on education. This year the theme that we explored was «...

    Reconsidering Our Preconceptions “We owe the theme of this teaching to Lama Puntso: all beings have been our mothers. When Audrey, the translator, asked me what text I would be basing my teaching on, I replied that for the moment, there is no text...

    The Indestructible Dagger Each year in July, Khenpo Chodrak Rinpoche settles in at Dhagpo with Buddhist Treasures of Knowledge for three weeks of study of philosophical texts. Fifty students of all ages and many nationalities came together to continue...

    «When a teaching is given, we can find three dimensions: precise information, the inspiration that arises as a form of alleviation or of confidence as well as a measure of entertainment, the teaching is pleasant to listen to. But it is the first two...

Leading a cycle of teaching at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling was a first for me. And it appears to have generated an interest that has not declined over the course of the cycle! Roughly sixty people participated in these teachings, either occasionally or, for many of the...