You are welcome to access this public, free teaching on The Practice on Translation by accessing this link

Riwo Sang Chod, or Smoke Offering, is a practice that involves the offering of fragrant smoke. To gain access to this precious practice please send an email to [email protected]

As Buddhist practitioners, we accept that our experience must be understood both intuitively and through reasoning and discriminating intelligence (prajna). The hallmarks of the Buddha’s dharma (statements of truth) are that all knowable phenomena are impermanent, lack independent identity, and are sources of suffering if misapprehended as permanent and independently existing. The scientific perspective is […]

A private teaching given in 2017 lasting six days. This course will be coming soon, but if you would like to have more information about it or request access you can write to: [email protected]

Blazing Wisdom Institute offered a program in Ithaca, NY on the weekend of March 8th – 10th 2013 on the subject of bodhicitta, the mind/heart of enlightenment. The program was made possible by Linda Parks, who hosted Tulku Sherab Dorje and his family in her home, and almost singlehandedly planned and managed the event. We […]

Mipham tells us that his explanation of the view of secret mantra derives from Rongzom’s and Longchenpa’s lengthy commentaries on Guhyagarbha tantra, which are classified as the ‘profound system’ of instruction, alongside the vast tradition from Zurchen. This view is introduced in Rongzom’s short, but highly influential 11th century text, the Great Proof that All […]

An audio course from Tulku Sherdor on Gyalse Ngulchu Togme's famous treatise, 'The 37 Points of Bodhisattva Training.' In 2016-17, Tulku taught a 25-hour course at Blazing Wisdom Institute, extemporaneously translating and explaining a commentary by Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, the previous Dzatrul Rinpoche and a root Guru of Trulshig Rinpoche. Anyone may apply to hear […]

The great Rimay master Ju Mipham, who was like Manjusri in person, composed an overview of the key points of tantra—Osel Nyingpo; Essential Luminosity—as a companion guide to Longchenpa’s extensive commentary on the Guhyagarbha Tantra, the primary source of secret mantra practice in the Nyingma tradition. Mipham’s work explains, thoroughly and lucidly, everything you might […]

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