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Releasing All Grasping is the Path
"Grasping can be divided in two types: grasping oneself and grasping objects. Grasping oneself is when we hold on to our own sense of self, which is also referred to as ego-clinging. Grasping objects is when we hold on to any objects or belongings related to the self. Grasping objects is more general, while grasping oneself is more specific or personal. Whether we cling to ourself or to others—to the subject or the object—it’s still grasping. Grasping is grasping. According t
10 hours ago2 min read


Heart Sutra Teachings by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche - Saturday, March 14 - 10-11am EST - PBC Centers
Heart Sutra Teaching by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Saturday, March 14 10:00-11:00am EST •Live In Person from the Palden Sherab Pema Ling Retreat Center, FL Webcast only to PBC Temples: •Padma Samye Ling, NY •Yeshe Tsogyal Temple, Nashville TN •Pema Tsokye Dorje Ling, Puerto Rico •Padma Gochen Ling (Monterey, Tennessee) •Turtle Hill Sangha (Tennessee) • PBC Kalmykia Gather together with your local PBC Sangha to receive live Heart Sutra Teachings by Ven. Khenpo Tse
3 days ago1 min read


Practicing Tonglen to Remove the Suffering of All Beings
Tonglen Practice with Dzogchen Meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7naM3RDTjk8 Tonglen - Giving Happiness to Others & Taking Away Their Suffering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwiSa_Pv0yk Don't Be Too Attached to Worldly Things: Understand Suffering and Its Cause https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9HG2mJ3wc&t=85s Photo of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche in 1985.
Mar 61 min read


Praying to Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal is always the perfect medicine.
Homage to the Three Jewels, Three Roots, and all the Noble Ones of the past, present, and future! Among all great enlightened beings, Guru Padmasambhava and Wisdom Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal are considered to be buddhas and protectors of degeneration times who swiftly purify all obstacles and imbalances while fulfilling all wishes. Praying to Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal is always the perfect medicine. Dusum Sangye Prayer of Guru Rinpoche (1 of 2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ZcOpb
Mar 11 min read


"Spring Poem" by Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche
"May we become more grateful for everything. May we learn instant forgiveness. May we never forget precious friends. May we become more skillful in actually causing the happiness of others. May we never lose sight of the Holy Dharma. May Sangha become one." Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche “Spring Poem” Photo of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and the Yangsi reincarnation of Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche in the Varanasi airport in 2023.
Feb 281 min read


Discovering Dzogchen Youth Retreat with Lama Laia Pema Tsultrim and Lama Pema Dragpa
Padma Samye Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York June 20 - 27, 2026 Learn more and Apply! www.dharma-gates.org/programs#/event/37/discovering-dzogchen Looking for a meaningful way to spend your summer? Dive into the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism with our Dzogchen immersion program for young adults (age 18 to 35). In the hermitage of Padma Samye Ling, you’ll learn the art of meditation, delve into profound Buddhist philosophy, and explore the transformative teachings a
Feb 252 min read


New Practice Guide: Introduction to Key Buddhist Terms
Enjoy this essential collection of key Dharma terms according to the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. May everyone who reads this understand the profound value and meaning of their precious human life, and may their highest aspirations be fulfilled for the benefit of all beings! $12 Paperback | Full Color Spiral Binding Dharma Samudra 2/18/26 Pages: 52 Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Feb 231 min read


Happy Fire Horse Year! Losar Tashi Deleg from Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche!
Losar Tashi Deleg from Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche! Fire Horse Year Tibetan Royal Era 2153 (February 18, 2026) Losar Tashi Deleg and Happy Tibet Royal New Year 2153, the Fire Horse year! "I wish you all a happy, happy, very happy New Year! Happy and healthy with joy and peace. I also wish you no more obstacles. May an abundance of joy and peace fill all the world and may you fulfill all your aspirations and good wishes according to benefit to yourself as well as ever
Feb 181 min read


Homage to Gesar!
ཚར་གཅོད་རྗེས་སུ་བཟུང་བའི་ཕྲིན་ལས་ལ། ། TSAR CHÖ JE SU ZUNG WE TRIN LE LA Whatever needs to be done, by whatever means, to help others, དབང་འབྱོར་མཐུ་སྟོབས་ནུས་པའི་དངོས་གྲུབ་སྩོལ། ། WANG JOR THU TOB NÜ PE NGÖ DRUB TSÖL May I have the capability to perform that activity. Please grant all accomplishments of power, abilities, energy, and prosperity. Excerpted from "THE OFFERING PRAYER OF SENGCHEN GESAR NORBU KNOWN AS THE SPONTANEOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ALL ACTIVITIES" by Jamgon
Feb 161 min read


Protection Boundary Meditation
For the next few days, Tibetan Buddhists around the world are performing Gutor purification practices to create auspicious conditions for the Losar New Year to begin this upcoming Wednesday, February 18, 2026. By purifying negativities, accumulating positive qualities, and mingling our minds with the wisdom blessings of all the buddhas, we will continuously abide in the great protection of bodhichitta. In many PBC Centers, the Sangha will be practicing on Buddha Vajrakilaya,
Feb 145 min read


Cooking Class! Upcoming Online Event fundraiser for PBC Puerto Rico - Sat, Feb 7
Saturday, Feb 07 | Online Tibetan Dumpling Cooking Class! We are delighted to invite you to a very special online cooking class, where food becomes a bridge between culture, practice, and community. Cook. Learn. Share. Support In this first class, we will learn how to make ‘MŌMŌ’ མོག་མོག, traditional Tibetan dumplings that are prepared with care, patience, and joy. This recipe was lovingly learned directly from Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, and it carries not only
Jan 302 min read


The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra’s “Aspiration to Good Actions” (Zangchö Mönlam)
༄༅། །འཕགས་པ་བཟང་པོ་སྤྱོད་པའི་སྨོན་ལམ་གྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་བཞུགས། The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra’s “Aspiration to Good Actions” ( Zangchö Mönlam ) from the Gaṇḍavyūha chapter of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra Read the full prayer at Lotsawa House: www.lotsawahouse.org/words-of-the-buddha/samantabhadra-aspiration-good-actions "Homage to Mañjuśrī, the youthful! To all the buddhas, the lions of the human race, In all directions of the universe, through past and present and future: To
Jan 232 min read


Complete Instructions on How to Inseparably Mingle with the Wisdom Mind of Guru Padmasambhava
"Confidently Maintaining the Dzogchen View with the Blessings of Guru Padmasambhava" www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ya9kOyi3xE&list=PLFhTzZsWmnlnFWFywxFFch4pWIWhLHkIn&index=1
Jan 221 min read


There's still time to receive daily Dzogchen teachings through Sat, Jan 24 from Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche!
Rinpoche has been masterfully inspiring us to practice and embrace the power of aspiration! As said in The King of Aspiration for Good Conduct : "Just as the heroic Manjushri understands, And just as Samantabhadra as well, May I train by following their example In dedicating all of this virtue. With dedications praised as supreme By the victorious ones of the three times, I fully dedicate all my roots of virtue To the performance of excellent conduct." Join in! Open donations
Jan 211 min read


Complimentary teaching from Day 1 of the 2026 Winter Dzogchen Retreat at Pema Ling at Jupiter, Florida
"2026 Winter Dzogchen Retreat with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche Day 1 - January 17, 2026" www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAxCecDSG-g&list=PLFhTzZsWmnlnFWFywxFFch4pWIWhLHkIn&index=1 Enjoy this complimentary teaching from Day 1 of the 2026 Winter Dzogchen Retreat at Pema Ling at Jupiter, Florida by Vajrayana Master & Nyingma Scholar Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Day 1 January 17, 2026 " The Secret Vajra Knot: An Aspiration Prayer of the Three Yogas " by Minling Terchen Rig
Jan 181 min read


Bodhisattva Aspiration
"May my activity be without measure, And may my virtues be measureless as well. Remaining in measureless activity May I perform as many miraculous activities [as buddhas]. The limit of the number of sentient beings Is equal to the very limit of space, And the limit of their karma and negative emotions is the same. May the limit of my prayers, likewise, be the same." - Aspirations for Good Conduct Photo of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at Padma Samye Ling in 2025, by By
Jan 101 min read


Recite the "Tashi Prayer" by Mipham Rinpoche to begin the New Year!
One of the best ways to begin a New Year is to read the "Tashi Prayer" by Mipham Rinpoche in order to gather auspicious conditions for everything to support wisdom and compassion. If you chant this once before beginning an activity, it will be easily accomplished exactly as you wish. Be sure to keep this in mind. The Tashi Prayer: The Verses of the Eight Auspicious Ones by Mipham Rinpoche “OM I prostrate to the entire assembly of the Buddha, Dharma, and Noble Sangha Who abide
Jan 12 min read


Happy 2026 New Year from Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche!
Om Svasti In the world where the music of benefit and happiness plays, You are the mighty one who, with a garland of blazing beams from the wish-fulfilling jewel of wisdom and compassion, Is able to pacify unfavorable circumstances in the world. Oh King Sengchen, supreme being, please bring forth auspiciousness." -Mipham Rinpoche www.youtube.com/watch?v=huqQi3_l4e0&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllSq9tb3z6XpHSoxFawan-Y&index=1 Happy Holidays! Padma and the Three Jewels, May their power End
Dec 311 min read


Happy Holidays! May Everything Be Auspicious for the Awakening of All Beings!
Om Svasti "In the world where the music of benefit and happiness plays, You are the mighty one who, with a garland of blazing beams from the wish-fulfilling jewel of wisdom and compassion, Is able to pacify unfavorable circumstances in the world. Oh King Sengchen, supreme being, please bring forth auspiciousness." -Mipham Rinpoche Happy Holidays! Padma and the Three Jewels, May their power End plagues, war, and famine, disasters and harms. -Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoch
Dec 31, 20251 min read


The Meaning of the "Seven Line Prayer of Guru Rinpoche"
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche teaching on the meaning of the Seven Line Prayer of Guru Padmasambhava at the Palm Beach Dharma Center. Lha Bab Duchen November 4, 2023 www.pbdc.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yEQxUGVbUM
Dec 30, 20251 min read
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