Sakya Monastery Dharma Lectures

In this hands-on course, Lama Migmar instructs students on how to make and use a mandala in Ngondro practice. Translator: Rigdzin Tingkhye.

Lama Migmar teaches us about the significance of making offerings and demonstrate how to make offerings of body, speech and mind to the Three Jewels. He shows us how to set up the offering bowls, as well as the placement of statues and holy pictures, and other offering items on the shrine. Translator: Rigdzin Tingkhye.

Her Eminence Dagmo Kusho Sakya gives a teaching on the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal. Princess of Kharchen, incarnation of Vajrayogini, and spiritual consort of Guru Rinpoche, she was Guru Rinpoche’s principle disciple and was instrumental in recording and preserving his teachings. She is a true dakini considered to be an emanation of Arya Tara, Prajnaparamita, and Samantabhadri.

Out of his great compassion, H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya shared with us his life experiences and the knowledge he learned from his teachers for the benefit of our spiritual growth and development. This was a very precious opportunity to hear directly from the eldest lama in the Sakya tradition and one of the highest Tibetan lamas living today. Here Rinpoche discusses Ngondro and the importance of daily practice. Translator: Dagmo Chimey Sakya.

This is a Vipassana class for beginners and current practitioners. There will be instructions and a short talk before meditating. Questions and discussion will follow. In Vipassana, the object of meditation is within oneself: it is the breath. With daily meditation (sits), one gradually is more and more in the moment. There is no space for thoughts to arise if one has single pointed focus on one's breath. Being so perfectly in the moment (the breath) a new peacefulness and joy arises. This state can be helpful on the journey of understanding emptiness. Ven. Lekshay recommends reading Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, available in the Dharma Shop.

This is a Vipassana class for beginners and current practitioners. There will be instructions and a short talk before meditating. Questions and discussion will follow. In Vipassana, the object of meditation is within oneself: it is the breath. With daily meditation (sits), one gradually is more and more in the moment. There is no space for thoughts to arise if one has single pointed focus on one's breath. Being so perfectly in the moment (the breath) a new peacefulness and joy arises. This state can be helpful on the journey of understanding emptiness. Ven. Lekshay recommends reading Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, available in the Dharma Shop.

This is a Vipassana class for beginners and current practitioners. There will be instructions and a short talk before meditating. Questions and discussion will follow. In Vipassana, the object of meditation is within oneself: it is the breath. With daily meditation (sits), one gradually is more and more in the moment. There is no space for thoughts to arise if one has single pointed focus on one's breath. Being so perfectly in the moment (the breath) a new peacefulness and joy arises. This state can be helpful on the journey of understanding emptiness. Ven. Lekshay recommends reading Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, available in the Dharma Shop.

Out of his great compassion, H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya shared with us his life experiences and the knowledge he learned from his teachers for the benefit of our spiritual growth and development. This was a very precious opportunity to hear directly from the eldest lama in the Sakya tradition and one of the highest Tibetan lamas living today. Here Rinpoche discusses his own motivation, faith, and karma. Translator: Dagmo Chimey Sakya.

We are extremely fortunate to have His Eminence Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche give the oral transmission (rLung) of the Aspiration of Samantabhadra prayer and a teaching on the meaning and significance of this important prayer. He is recognized as the main incarnation of the great Buddhist master Dzongsar Khyentse Jamyang Chokyi Lodro, who was one of H.H. Dagchen Rinpoche’s root lamas. H.E. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is also considered to be the emanation of Manjushri. He is the head of Dzongsar Monastery in Tibet, Bhutan, and India, Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute in India, and the Khyentse Foundation. He has authored many Dharma books, including What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Shambhala 2007).

When it comes to grieving, there are many differences between the Western and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. H.E. Dagmo Kusho shares her own experiences and talks about the Tibetan Buddhist view of grieving. This class provides suggestions for activities that may benefit the dying, as well as instruction on how to move through grief without creating obstacles for the deceased.