2025 Demo Rinpoche: Fall Seminar at Tibet House New York

Retreats and Trips: 2025 Demo Rinpoche: Fall Seminar at Tibet House New York

Tibet House New York Enlightening our mind begins with understanding the relationship between our mind and our actions. In this seminar with Demo Rinpoche we will explore questions such as “What is the mind? Can we train the mind? How might that take shape?” The Buddhist approach to training the mind includes stabilizing and analytical meditation…
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Events and Courses: 2025 Dalai Lama Movie Night

Onsite watch party at Jewel Heart Ann ArborOnline via Zoom (Live only) Jewel Heart is pleased to be given permission to screen the movie, The Dalai Lama’s Gift, an official selection of the South Asian International Film Festival, Tricycle Film Festival, International Buddhist Film Festival and many others. The screening will be followed by a…
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Events and Courses: 2025 Demo Rinpoche: Rebirth – A Public Talk at Tibet House New York

Tibet House New York Buddhists and some Hindu religions are not the only ones that believe in rebirth. There are many incidents that reveal clues of rebirth even for non-religious people. For Buddhists in particular, without the concept of rebirth there is no way to understand and explain Buddhism as a complex practice. To get…
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Events and Courses: 2025 Ven. Thubten Chodron: Appearing and Empty

In this last of three volumes on emptiness, the Dalai Lama takes us through the Sautrantika, Yogacara, and Svatantrika views on the ultimate nature of reality and the Prasangikas’ thorough responses to these, so that we gain the correct view of emptiness—the selflessness of both persons and phenomena. This view entails negating inherent existence while…
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Digital Dharma: Celebrating His Holiness Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday – Demo Rinpoche Sunday Talk 247

Digital Dharma: Every Success Follows Enthusiasm – Demo Rinpoche Sunday Talk 246

Digital Dharma: Happy Father’s Day – Demo Rinpoche Sunday Talk 245

Blog Posts: When Struggling with Problems, You Need Patience – Part 2 (Demo Rinpoche – Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times. #242 May 18, 2025)

As the Lama Chöpa says: When you are facing unwanted problems, especially when there is not much you can do about it, if you are able at that moment, try to see the problems as a karmic result. Recognize your bad karma is decreasing. When I talk about karma, people ask how we change karma….
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Blog Posts: When Struggling with Problems, You Need Patience – Part 1 (Demo Rinpoche – Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times. #242 May 18, 2025)

Without patience, you cannot think thoroughly. You cannot even solve a puzzle by exploring the possibilities. It is the same with your life. You need patience. We understand that if there is not enough food, there is fighting. If there is a flood or a catastrophe, there will be trouble. When there is war, that…
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Events and Courses: 2025 Roger Jackson: How to Recognize an Enlightened Being

Online via Zoom Buddhists the world over repeatedly express the aspiration to attain the ultimate aim of their tradition, a state that, depending on the context, may be designated by such terms as cessation, liberation, release, nirvana, awakening, buddhahood, or enlightenment. Furthermore, if there is a gospel—”good news”—in Buddhism, it lies in the assertion that…
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