Audio Recordings
Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen's closing talk at Nitartha
Summer, 2007
In this talk Acharya shares his own inspirations and challenges from a student's perspective, as well as how unique Nitartha's spiritual director, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, is in not only the west but the east as well.
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Readings
What is Wisdom?
by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
May, 2006
What is wisdom? Wisdom is knowing. Knowing what? Wisdom is knowing everything. What prevents us from knowing? Solid views, rigid concepts and superimposed images are hindrances to knowing...
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Asking the Right Questions and Going Beyond Question
by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
March, 2006
When first starting on the spiritual path, it is good to ask questions. Shakyamuni Buddha began his spiritual path with questions, not with answers. The first time he was able to get out of the palace and see the town, he was shocked by seeing an old man...
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From Kathmandu to the Internet:
Ancient Wisdom/Modern Technology
January, 2006
Philosophy Professor Linda Patrik is collaborating with Tenzin Namdak, a Tibetan monk and scholar, to digitally encode ancient Tibetan texts and their English translations so that they can be made accessible and searched on line. The project brings together Union College's East Asian Studies Program and two international scholarly organizations, the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Nitartha international...
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The Begging Bowl
by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
December, 2005
an article from the forthcoming book on analytical meditation by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, to be published in the Nitartha Institute Series by Snow Lion Publications. In it, Acharya demonstrates the proper understanding with which to begin analytical (and all) meditation.
Our mind and heart are like the begging bowl we might see a Buddha statue holding. In general, people have the strange idea that their begging bowl is empty. This idea is deeply rooted in our mind. It makes us uncomfortable, and we worry and feel fear without any apparent reason....
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The Vision of Nitartha Institute
as discussed by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Nitartha Institute
July, 2003
It is wonderful to have this opportunity to explore the Western Buddhist community and to bring to Nitartha Institute the complete tradition of study and practice in the Tibetan Buddhist intellectual tradition...
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