Sep 9, 2021

Venerable uses a variety of metaphors to clarify one of the most perplexing phrases in all of Buddhism.

11:14 | Extracted from "Karma and Emptiness" teaching hosted by Maitripa College (Portland, Oregon, USA) Full teaching:

May 25, 2021

At first, we don’t recognize any problem with negative habits, like harmful speech. We need to develop an awareness of how our actions can affect others. Then we can see how those actions create our own experience. 

9:14 | Extracted from "The Power of Speech" teachings on July 27, 2020 at Land of Medicine Buddha...

Mar 3, 2021

We need to counteract negative states of mind with effective purification practice. Purification starts with the four R’s: Regret, Reliance, Remedy and Resolve.

07:42 | Extracted from "Living With Uncertainty" teachings on Aug 15, 2020 at Langri Tangpa Buddhist Centre Brisbane. Full teaching: 

Feb 17, 2021

We might have a belief about how happiness and suffering emanate from “out there.” We don’t recognize our own minds’ role in our own happiness and suffering. That’s being a “Samsara-ist.” 

11:57 | Extracted from "Samsara and Nirvana" teachings on Jan 12-17, 2021 at Shantideva Center - Brooklyn, New York....

Jan 7, 2021

Sometimes we stick our noses in when it is not appropriate. We think that’s compassion, but it’s just coming from your own attachment. Wisdom sometimes means you leave people alone, especially when they aren’t open to your help.

7:41 | Extracted from "Living With Uncertainty" teachings on Aug 8, 2020 at Langri...