Online Sangha Video Archive

Participants shared their personal meditation experiences, including techniques for managing physical pain through movement and breath-work. The group discussed the challenges of embodying Buddhist teachings like loving-kindness and patience, noting the difference between intellectual understanding and direct experience. Meditation approaches were mentioned, including the Nine Realm Breath, preliminary exercises, and establishing a consistent practice routine to maintain focus and awareness.

Geshe-la discusses lojong as preliminary training, the role of trust and compassion, and phowa practice as both death preparation and long-life method. The group reflects on forgiveness, encouragement, and self-trust. The session ends with guided meditation and dedication prayers.

Geshe-la explains how sensitivity transforms into wisdom, the signs of genuine Dharma, and the role of trust and determination in practice. He introduces dream yoga and advanced methods while stressing natural mind recognition as essential. After Geshe-la departs, the group continues with a reading on the natural state and a guided meditation.

Geshe-la responds to questions on choice and surrender, sharing personal stories of becoming a monk. He explains the difference between healthy surrender and forced choice. The session explores symbolic meaning of the eight auspicious symbols, guidance on phowa visualisation and life force, and concludes with dedication and a guided meditation.

Geshe-la discusses signs of progress in consciousness transference practice, the difference between death dissolution and phowa, and the stages of preparation needed for the upcoming Phowa retreat in Nepal. The group also explores levels of yogic realisation, supporting the dying, and logistics for travel to Nepal.

Geshé-la offers detailed guidance on Phowa, preparations for the upcoming retreat in Mustang, Nepal and the ripening of the mind through preliminary practices. He explains subtle body dynamics, emotional purification, and the stable heart as the ground of real trust. The session ends with a short meditation on impermanence and taking refuge.

Geshé-la shares how guru yoga transforms conceptual mind, cultivates devotion, and matures trust in the natural state. He explores fear, striving, and integrating the view into daily life, emphasising simplicity, openness, and the heart’s role in sustaining recognition.

This session explores the function and sequencing of preliminary practices in the ATRI structure. The group discusses how texts like the Threefold Embodiment and ATRI treat Preliminary Practices with particular focus on mandala offering and receiving blessings. Themes include accumulation, aspiration, gift waves of influence and how lineage transmission supports depth in practice.