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September 15, 2012

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Eulogy for Gene Smith and guided meditation

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September 15, 2012

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Tulku Thondup Rinpoche spoke on Gene Smith at his memorial service. The talk includes a wonderful guided meditation. This video was made by the TBRC.

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The Heart of Unconditional Love

The unconditional love that we all long for can be experienced in the practice of loving-kindness. Tulku Thondup introduces a new four-stage format for this practice, rooted in the traditional teachings of Tibetan Buddhism.

"Tulku Thondup has truly given us a powerful new approach to loving-kindness meditation. Utilizing the peace and joy generated by devotion, we are guided through embodying love, experiencing the whole universe as love, and ultimately realizing loving-kindness free from concept. This book is a rare treasure."

—Sharon Salzberg

Also available in these languages in 2017: Czech and Slovak

Boundless Healing

Meditation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body.

This book offers simple meditation techniques to awaken healing energies in the body and mind.

“It can be so empowering for us to understand, even on a conceptual level, that we are enlightened in our true nature.”

― Tulku Thondup

Also available in Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish, and Vietnamese

The Healing Power of Loving Kindness

A Guided Buddhist Meditation (Book and Audio-CD Set)

The best-selling author of The Healing Power of Mind presents Tibetan Buddhist instructions for transforming negative thoughts and feelings into loving-kindness toward all beings.

"Through meditation such as meditation on loving-kindness, we can not only loosen the tightness of grasping and cause greater peace and joy in ourselves, but we can also help ourselves to reach and realize the enlightened nature of our mind. "

- Tulku Thondup

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December 29, 2015

Benefits of Meditating on Loving-Kindness

December 29, 2015

Meditators of loving-kindness receive specific benefits. The Buddha enumerated eleven.

December 29, 2015

December 22, 2015

Amazing Devotees

December 22, 2015

In the Golok province of Eastern Tibet, where I was born and grew up, I knew many older laymen and laywomen who joyfully and vigorously prayed with unreserved devotion to the Buddha of Loving-Kindness and enjoyed heartfelt blessings.

December 22, 2015

December 16, 2015

Grasping and Virtuous Objects

December 16, 2015

For a novice like me, there is no other way to enter the Dharma than by grasping on to virtuous objects and deeds at the beginning. Meditating on loving-kindness will initially be dualistic.

December 16, 2015

November 24, 2015

Recognizing Progress

November 24, 2015

We should always recognize whatever meditation progress we experience. Doing this will strengthen the experience, hasten our progress, and refine its quality.

November 24, 2015

November 17, 2015

Rejoicing

November 17, 2015

Rejoicing magnifies the beneficial effects of meditation. When we are self-critical—thinking, say, that our meditation was too short or not good enough—we take away from its power to help us.

November 17, 2015

November 5, 2015

Enjoy the Buddha's Loving-Kindness

November 5, 2015

When you focus on praying with the heart of total devotion and trust in the Buddha by enjoying his loving-kindness, then before long, unconditional love—the Buddha’s blessings and loving-kindness—will take birth in you.

November 5, 2015