Mental Faculty of Equanimity The mental faculty of equanimity is an equally balanced mind, enjoying the lack of influence of negative emotions. It leads to very strong concentration, one of the last of the nine stages of shamata. Equanimity is also a prerequisite to develop love, compassion and bodhimind. Audio Only

THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE PATH In this session, you will be listening to the unedited audio recording of Gelek Rimpoche’s 2013 teaching offered by Jewel Heart Philadelphia and held at the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this teaching, Gelek Rimpoche presents the three principal aspects of the path to enlightenment,…
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Mental Faculties of Pliancy and Conscientiousness Rimpoche first talks about physical and mental pliancy is a joy that removes all obstacles to meditation, making body and mind totally serviceable and powerful. It is a result of concentration and leads to even better concentration. Rimpoche then defines the mental faculty of conscientiousness as non-attachment, non-hatred and…
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It is very common knowledge, no mystery, what violence and non-violence are. But there is much more to violence than the physical, such as verbal and emotional violence and abuse. All kinds of things are there which are equally hurtful and painful. Sometimes it is even part of the culture for people to do it. Intelligent and younger people, such as yourselves, may not do it. But if you look at the older society, sometimes they look down on women, or kids, or different races. Racism, etc., are actually violence.

We are driven from incident to incident. It’s what we do. We spend all our time in emergency management. There may be no emergency, but we spend our time that way. That’s because we haven’t thought it through properly. So give yourself time and opportunity. Get your mind to breathe. Get your body to breathe…
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OPENING OUR HEART In this session, you will be listening to the unedited audio recording of Gelek Rimpoche’s 2011 teaching at the Jewel Heart International Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “When we begin to see how we prioritize the people and events in our life, we discover how much we limit our love.” Gelek Rimpoche…
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Mental Faculty of Enthusiasm Enthusiasm is needed to accomplish anything, it brings joy, overcomes tiredness, brings meditative progress and virtue, if applied the right way. Even wisdom without enthusiasm is virtually useless. The opposing force to enthusiasm is laziness, particularly the laziness of addiction to unhelpful behavior. To overcome laziness you can either be gentle…
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Mental faculty of enthusiasm Motivation is important, best: two kinds of bodhimind, to avoid all negativity and create virtue through the 11 virtues. Enthusiasm is the basis of virtue, it helps to defeat negativity, it’s obstacle is laziness. Western laziness is keeping very busy to avoid having to do what is necessary. It is hard…
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The Importance of Learning Learning is critical for spiritual development. It involves three steps: getting the information, analyzing it and meditating on it. These steps lead to wisdom and understanding. Traditionally, learning is called the wealth that no one can steal from us. It is one of our most dependable friends. The best weapons to…
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MODERN DHARMA In this session, you will be listening to the unedited audio recording of Gelek Rimpoche’s July 2007 teaching in Chicago, Illinois. Touching on the value of spirituality in our contemporary culture, Gelek Rimpoche shares how the ancient wisdom of Buddha’s dharma remains ever helpful and pertinent in our lives as we face the…
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