Unconditional Love in Dzogchen: The Practice of Showing Up
In Dzogchen, ultimate love is emptiness itself, an unwavering presence that shows up fully, beyond conditions or self-concern.
Where Unconditioned Love Meets Relative Reality
What is the place of relative love in Dzogchen practice? Learn how Buddha nature appears in relationships while holding the ultimate view.
Why Pointing-Out Instructions in Dzogchen Aren’t Enough
Discover why Dzogchen pointing-out instructions often fail to ‘land’—rigpa can’t be defined by words, only recognized within the context of our own experience.
How to Deepen Your Practice Without Becoming a Monk
Feel stuck in your practice? You don’t need to quit your job or renounce the world. Here’s how to go deeper, right where you are.
Seattle half-day retreat next weekend
Join us for a meditation retreat in Seattle on May 10.
The Obstacle Is the Path
Meeting the maras and turning obstacles into friends.
The Path to Being a Teacher
Being a meditation teacher doesn’t start with being on a stage or a screen. It starts on the cushion.
The Three Continuums: The Foundations of Buddhist Tantra
Understand the three continuums and you will know the point of every tantric ritual and practice.
Compassion in an age of conflict
Conflict may seem like an inevitable age we are doomed to endure. But there is no “age” of conflict—only the reality unfolding before us. And it is up to us to decide how we will meet it.
Prayer to Open the Secret Door to the Luminous Mansion of Timeless Awareness
Dzogchen prayer to recognize primordial buddhahood in the immediacy of our own awareness.