What's our real problem?⁠ ⁠ "The car's problems exist outside the mind, whereas our problems are inside our mind. "⁠ ⁠ From How to Solve Our Human Problems by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso⁠ ⁠ 🍂Check out our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/tharpa/want-to… #tharpa #peace #cars

This mother cat lost her kitten, her family got her an orange kitten to adopt and heal the ache 🥺❤️‍🩹

"With Heruka and Vajrayogini—the more times degenerate, the more easily practitioners can receive their blessings."  The New Guide to Dakini Land by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Page 14. #tharpa #geshekelsanggyatso #kadampabuddhism #modernbuddhism #wisdom #compassion #innerpeace #qotd

Gaining authentic realizations of the uncommon paths of Buddhist Tantra depends upon training in the common paths of Buddha’s Sutra teachings, such as the twenty-one meditations of the stages of the path. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Life through Buddha’s eyes kadampalife.org/2024/10/21/lif… Brand new article out on Buddhism in Daily Life. #meditation #sanity #wisdom #enlightenment #Buddhism

Life through Buddha’s eyes kadampalife.org/2024/10/21/lif…

8 ways to deal with this election ... kadampalife.org/2022/06/23/8-s… #election2024 #Resilience #Transformers

We need to hit reset, several times a day, using our compassion, wisdom, and other Dharma tools. Otherwise, sooner or later, if we just carry on like this, samsara sucks very badly for everyone. Human life is short, and it’s quite brutal, isn’t it? So we need to transcend.

In all this acceleration, we need to pause to wonder, “Can I control what’s going on here?”  If we don’t have resilience, what choice do we have other than finding someone to blame and/or becoming deeply depressed and discouraged? kadampalife.org/2022/06/29/gra…

We're pleased to officially announce that Gen Kelsang Demo will become the new Resident Teacher at IKRC Grand Canyon, effective January 2025. She will replace Gen-la Kelsang Jampa who will become Resident Teacher at KMC Texas also in January.

All things, including our state of mind, are dependent arisings; they do not have an independent or self-existent nature of their own. It is therefore senseless to react with anger to people or situations that have no choice in causing us harm.

It is these habitual reactions to hardship of unhappiness and anger, rather than the hardship itself, that disturb our day-to-day peace of mind, as well as our spiritual practice. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

It is like we need to build a wall around today and focus our mental energy within it. Otherwise, worry is a big problem for us and one we have little control over – our thoughts are running around in a non-existent future. kadampalife.org/2015/05/29/no-…

Our normal view is that there is an inherently existent aggressor harming an inherently existent victim. This is a complete misconception of the situation.

In reality, the aggressor and the victim are interdependent and utterly without inherent, or independent, existence.

How to know your own mind kadampalife.org/2024/11/26/how… New article hot off the press! #Mahamudra #Buddhism #meditation #liberation #mind

See this Instagram post by @kadampa_colorado instagram.com/p/DCo7jWCvJYb/…

Brand new article about Buddhist meditation retreats coming up in 2025. kadampalife.org/kadampa-buddhi… To have time, we need to MAKE time. As well as carving out some time each year to do some retreat, going deeper into our center, our spiritual heart, can make us more time.

As Buddhist Master Shantideva says: We need to put Buddha’s teachings, the Dharma, into practice Because nothing can be accomplished just by reading words. A sick man will never be cured of his illness Through merely reading medical instructions!

To help get our 2025 off to a good start, I outline a ten-minute meditation for developing some confidence in inner peace, as well as in ourselves. Happy New Year! #meditation #HappyNewYear2025 kadampalife.org/building-self-…