March 2015 – Kunzang Palchen Ling

Dissolve the Attitude That Things Exist

Now in this practice [the White Khechari], as is in many of our practices, there’s the notion when we say the svabhava mantra that the things dissolve into emptiness as though they were substantially existent, […]

H.H. Karmapa’s Third Visit to KPL

H.H. 17th Gyalwang Karmapa at Kunzang Palchen Ling On Friday, April 24, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa made his third visit to Kunzang Palchen Ling. He offered a brief teaching on the practice of […]

Pure Appearances

We are not attempting to change the nature of appearances from impure to pure. Appearances of themselves have always been pure. We have always been Samantabhadra; we have always been White Tara. We’re not trying […]

See the Nature of Thoughts

While a thought is present, look directly at it. See its nature. It is “thoughts” that have cast us into, and keep us in, samsara. But it is through the recognition of the nature of […]

Rebirth in Sukhavati Helps Others

It’s much easier to be reborn in Sukhavati than in any other pure realm. This is because of Buddha Amitabha’s special aspiration that it be so. The fundamental cause of rebirth in Sukhavati is to […]