Sights + Sounds

With his characteristic sense of humor, Ponlop Rinpoche explains the essence of the teachings of The Buddha.
Recorded in NYC at Tibet House. May 2013.

What’s Really Going On

Rinpoche gives a two-step process for transforming our suffering and the suffering of others.

Knowing Our Mind

Rinpoche on transforming suffering by getting to know our mind.

Interdependence: Mind, Happiness, and Suffering

Rinpoche discusses the importance of starting with a calm mind.

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We’re cultivating our intelligence as opposed to expanding or upgrading its contents. It’s like brightening a room by putting a higher-watt lightbulb in a lamp. Suddenly we can see everything in the room much more clearly.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

STUDY

In the Buddhist path, we accumulate knowledge in three ways: through study, contemplation, and meditation.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

MEDITATION

The practice of meditation is basically a process of getting to know yourself by becoming familiar with your mind.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

MEDITATION

When sitting meditation is practiced over time, the mind begins to fall naturally into a resting state, which allows us to be fully present in our life.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

MEDITATION

The position of your body has a very direct and powerful effect on your mind. An upright posture enables your mind to rest naturally in a calm and peaceful state.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

MINDFUL ACTIVITY

Once you join practice with day-to-day life, every corner of your world

offers you a way to explore wakefulness, whether you’re in a shrine hall

or on the street.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

MINDFUL ACTIVITY

When we’re genuinely engaged in a process of working with others, we’re automatically working with ourselves as well.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

MINDFUL ACTIVITY

The act of bringing your mind into the present is an act of self-discipline. The tendency of mind to move this way and that … is brought to a halt.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

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