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The Most Important Thing to Remember About Meditation
October 23, 2012
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The Most Important Thing to Remember About Meditation

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October 23, 2012
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Tulku Thondup Rinpoche taught on loving kindness in April of 2011 at the Boston Shambhala Center. Here is a short excerpt on the most important thing to remember about meditation.

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Benefits of Meditating on Loving-Kindness
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
Amazing Devotees
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
Grasping and Virtuous Objects
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
Recognizing Progress
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
Rejoicing
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
Enjoy the Buddha's Loving-Kindness
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
Rest in Awareness without Grasping
September 30, 2015
Rest in Awareness without Grasping
September 30, 2015

When you experience the awakened openness state of mind, remain in it without dualistic thoughts.

September 30, 2015
The True Face Of Loving-Kindness
September 1, 2015
The True Face Of Loving-Kindness
September 1, 2015

The true face or nature of loving-kindness does not exist in any form or character of this or that. It is free from conditions.

September 1, 2015
Our Karma Determines Our Future
August 20, 2015
Our Karma Determines Our Future
August 20, 2015

According to Buddhism, the cycles of cause and effect of our negative deeds (karma) yield only pain.

August 20, 2015
Thoughts and Feelings Can Change the Quality and Direction of Our Life
July 21, 2015
Thoughts and Feelings Can Change the Quality and Direction of Our Life
July 21, 2015

It is important for us to reflect on how we got to where we are today and how we can change in the future.

July 21, 2015
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