Short Videos

Trusting Your Potential

Trusting Your Potential

Opportunities are all around us, but we may not recognize them, let alone know how to seize them. ...

02:49

Love Is

Love Is…

Love is tricky! We all want to be loved, and we look for it from the moment we are born, expecting ...

02:08

Four Tips for Making a Difference

Four Tips For Making A Difference

It is all too easy to become overwhelmed with the global challenges and local issues facing us ...

01:45

Is Your Mindfulness Stressing You Out

Is Your Mindfulness Stressing You Out?

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

We need mindfulness and relaxation to discover mind’s true nature, but balancing the two is not ...

02:53

The Art of Living Together

The Art of Living Together

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

It's easy to become distracted these days and lose our deep and loving connection with family, ...

03:48

Peace in the Midst of Violence

Peace In The Midst Of Violence

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Extending compassion to people causing harm is very important, but we misunderstand what that ...

03:34

How to Respond to Bullying

How to Respond to Bullying

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

There are negative and positive ways to react to a bully. Negative reactions empower them. The ...

02:58

Be Kind to Yourself

Be Kind to Yourself

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Being kind to yourself is the first step to being kind to others. But being kind is often ...

01:16

Be Patient with Yourself

Be Patient with Yourself

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

We need patience and practice to work with our emotions, yet what we want is a quick fix or a ...

03:25

How to Watch the News

How to Watch the News

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

To watch the news without anger or fear, we first need a sense of calm. Then we can look at the ...

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Meditations

One Breath Meditation

One Breath Meditation

By Mark Power

One Breath Meditation is a simple method you can use anywhere, anytime, to bring you back to the ...

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Body Breath and Being in Balance

By Mark Power

Body Breath and Being in Balance enhances our sense of presence, awareness, and kindness — ...

12:17

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR EMOTIONS

Getting to Know Our Emotions

By Mark Power

Getting to Know Our Emotions is a meditation that brings awareness to our emotional patterns, ...

13:10

GAINING INSIGHT

Gaining Insight

By Mark Power

Gaining Insight is a meditation and reflection practice. By combining meditation with careful ...

22:52

Pause & Relax

Pause & Relax

By Mark Power

Pause & Relax is a short but potent meditation. It introduces a moment of awareness, which can ...

11:10

Calm Abiding

Calm Abiding

By Mark Power

Calm abiding is a foundational meditation practice. It connects us with the qualities and ...

16:38

Notice Savor & Relax

Notice Savor & Relax

By Mark Power

Notice Savor & Relax is an appreciation practice that enriches our life. First, we notice the ...

09:56

Posture & Breathing

Posture & Breathing

By Mark Power

The seven point posture provides the stablity and foundation we need in meditation. Then we use our ...

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Courses

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The Art Of Living Together

As a world community, we have one shared heart.

Mindfulness from the Outside In

Mindfulness from the Outside In

Our mind is dramatic, a great storyteller, so working with mind is really fun.

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Puzzling the Pieces

Each of us is indispensable in completing the puzzle of life, in completing a perfect world.

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Living Wide Awake

If we can penetrate and see the reality of our mind, in this very moment, then awakening or ...

Fearless Course

Fearless

Theories about fear are found in all wisdom traditions, but we need the experience of transforming ...

Be Wise Go Kind Live Fully

Be Wise, Go Kind, Live Fully

We may want to discover a deeper insight into the reality behind all these appearances, so that we ...

Articles

How to Work with Worry and Anxiety

HOW TO WORK WITH WORRY AND ANXIETY

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Once a young person asked me for advice because they were worried, generally, and were experiencing ...

HOW TO ESCAPE FROM EGO

HOW TO ESCAPE FROM EGO

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Experiencing this long stretch of pandemic stress, there is a sense of helplessness we all feel. ...

Three Things to Do When a Challenge Pops Up

THREE THINGS TO DO WHEN A CHALLENGE POPS UP

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Even when we have taken the time to contemplate our core values and our main aspiration in life, ...

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES, THE POWER OF INTERDEPENDENCE

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES THE POWER OF INTERDEPENDENCE

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

To overcome our struggles, we may need less subtle, or less privileged, methods for working with ...

Listening Heads

LISTENING HEADS

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Patience opens the door to resilience. It generates a gap, also known as Mindful Gap. That gap is ...

Helping Teens with Social Media Anxiety

HELPING TEENS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA ANXIETY

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

It is my understanding that many teenagers today feel overwhelmed in response to the idealized ...

How to Work with Past Memories in the Present

HOW TO WORK WITH PAST MEMORIES

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Not long ago someone asked me this question: How do you work with a challenging memory from the ...

Two Ways to get to Know Your Mind

TWO WAYS TO GET TO KNOW YOUR MIND

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Your mind is the agent of all your joys and sorrows, wisdom and confusion. If and when you get to ...

Quotes

FM 99_Mind is actually the greatest wealth...
FM 98_The Buddha taught….
FM 97_What is love...
FM 96_Your emotions, in their natural...
FM 95_Buddhism is a journey...
FM 93_What does the practice of compassion...
FM 92_In the moment when we...
FM 90_From mindfulness point of view
FM 89_When we appreciate every...
FM_84_Our mind is always brilliantly aware...