Sakya Monastery Dharma Lectures

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching on Vajrakilaya and Hevajra - the main Sakya deity practice. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here Rinpoche discusses the importance and benefit of Compassion. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here Rinpoche discusses the history and dharma of the Sakya school. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here Rinpoche discusses the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and some of his teachers from each of the schools. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here Rinpoche talks about the two different types of God Realms: Worldly and Transcendental. He also explains the different types of protector deities and the different types of protections they give. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here Rinpoche teaches about the three different types of faith: simple, believing, and aspiring. Dagchen Rinpoche also teaches about the importance of clearing away our obscurations, so we can develop a deeper faith, and connection with the Guru, or Lama. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here he discusses the Triple Gem, the two truths, and the abbreviated Heart Sutra, explaining that that the first four lines of the Heart Sutra sum up most of the text. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching on the Heart Sutra practice. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here Rinpoche discusses proper motivation for practice. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.

H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya offered this brief teaching during the Chenrezi practice. Here he discusses the two stages of faith. Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening.