Teaching Is Learning
Teachers must be prepared to learn from pupils. That is very, very important. Otherwise there is really no progress on the part of the students, because in a sense one would be too keen and interested in the process of making the pupils receive the expansion of ones own ego and wanting to produce another you, rather than helping them to develop ability of their own. So teachers must be prepared to learn from their pupils; then there is a continual rapport. Exchanging takes place all the time; then as you teach, the pupils don’t get bored with you, because you develop as well. There is always something different, something new each moment, so the material never runs out. One could apply this even to technical studies and the way of teaching things. It could be mathematics or science or anything at all. If the teacher is prepared to learn from the pupil, then the pupil also becomes eager to give, so there is real love, and real communication takes place. That is the greatest generosity.
During Ocean's Parinirvana Day feast practice on April 4, 2022, Her Eminence Khandro Rinpoche appeared among us. She arrived at the perfect moment and said what we needed to hear.
Weary
There are days I wake up weary
Cheerful Year of the Wood Horse: 1978
Here is the first ever Shambhala Day address, nine minutes and 17 seconds. It took place just after dawn in the newly renovated third-floor shrine room of Dorje Dzong, now the Boulder Shambhala Center. The room was packed with many students and many young children; it was a joyful moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
A Great Victory Banner of Dharma
Chögyam Trungpa’s Vast Ocean of Teachings
Barry Boyce surveys Chogyam Trungpa's vast body of teachings and their lasting impact on how Buddhism is understood and practiced
Trungpa Rinpoche in Scotland, 1966
Plus some very helpful comments from Michael Scott
Such Thunderstorm
Barbara Bash calligraphs these words from the Vidyadhara's will
Introduction to The Art of Calligraphy: Part I
Venerating the past in itself will not solve the world's problems. We need to find the link between our traditions and our present experience of life.
Introduction to The Art of Calligraphy: Part II
...at the beginning you just learn to make straight lines on your paper -CTR
Introduction to The Art of Calligraphy: Part III
Gently, but with great conviction, the brush would descend to the paper and make its first dot. Often Rinpoche would pause the brush on this first mark, as if waiting for the calligraphy to be born from its seed.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Following the Chinese take-over of Tibet in 1959 and the flight of many Tibetans into exile, Tibetan Lamas began to be invited to visit other parts of the world....
The Essential Chögyam Trungpa
An eleven-class course on the essential teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Remembering the kind root guru Chokyi Gyatso the 11th Trungpa Tulku
This poem is from The Medium of the Breath by Kunga Dawa.
Turn it yourself
It was one of the early Level Fives and there were a huge number of participants, mostly from the buddhist community, but there were a lot of new people...
Peony
I stopped talking. He was silent. We both looked at the peony.
In The Beginning with Rinpoche
The year was 1971. I had just left NYC with my wife-to-be, after ending up a two-year stay as director of a new age enlightenment and communication center. It...
On Rinpoche and Roshi
In this episode, Henry Schaeffer and Sam Bercholz cover a lot of ground in 18 minutes, including Rinpoche throwing his mala over a fence in Oakland, Roshi blessing ...
Totally Free from Agenda
I became a kasung by coincidence.
In 1975, I was a student of Trungpa Rinpoche and working as a waiter at the Canyon Inn restaurant in Boulder. Just before closing...
Absolutely Suicidal
Valentine's Day Edition
One day in Boulder, circa 1978, Larry Mermelstein had a very interesting conversation with Trungpa Rinpoche about relationships. Here for Valentine's Day (okay, we're a day late),...
The Parinirvana of Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen
Prominent teachers and thousands of devoted Tibetan and Western students gathered and practiced at Mindrolling Monastery in India to pay respects to His Holiness Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche, who passed...
Andrew Quintman On Milarepa
Andrew Quintman's 2022 Milarepa Day presentation on Ocean
Montreal: where it all started
On the road
Letter to the 1980 Seminary
From the all-encompassing vajradhatu,
Indestructible nonthought beyond description,
From the vast dharmadhatu,
The unceasing play of energy and light,
The dharmakaya Vajradhara takes form
As the incomparable root guru, Chokyi Gyatso.
The five poisons and...
Excerpts from: Taming Untameable Beings
We should keep all these stories of the beginning of Buddhadharma in America. I personally feel very grateful for the existence of the Pygmies. Without them, there was no...
Gesar Mukpo on Tulku
In many ways, Gesar Mukpo leads an ordinary life. He's working to build a career as a filmmaker, he's had trouble in his marriage, and he struggles to pay...
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Teachings on the Mahayanaby Changling Rinpoche
Photo of Changling Rinpoche by Marvin Moore Changling Rinpoche will teach on the mahayana Saturday and Sunday morning, March 26 […]
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Sadhana of Mahamudra Resource Groupby Ocean Staff
For those of you new to this practice, some training is required before you can practice this text or purchase a copy of the […]