Teachings From the Buddhist Center
Many of these teachings have been compiled as “Teaching Series”
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Here’s the Mind Training slogans
Here’s the liturgy for the
Treasury of Blessings practice
March 23, 2020 - Online webinar - Practice in the Time of Coronavirus
Practicing the Bardo of Dreams with Mingyur Rinpoche
Supporting clip with Khandro Rinpoche:
The Importance of Thinking About Death
Supporting clips with Mingyur Rinpoche:
The Journey of Dying
Dying every day is living fully every day
Heart Advice from Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
The Middle Way of Stress by Judy Lief
Supporting Article: When A Buddhist Teacher Crosses the Line by Mingyur Rinpoche
Accompanying video - Mingyur Rinpoche -
We're Always Looking For Happiness
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche - Related video clip
Follow the spring 2017 The Bodhisattva Path series of teachings - here
Interview with Tsoknyi Rinpoche - here
The Buddha's root teaching - here
Imagining Peace corresponding quotes here
The 'Supplication to the Kagyu Gurus' text is here
Meditation Enhances the View quotes - here
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Guide to the practice - here
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The Seven Points text - here
Relate quote - here
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Lines for contemplation - here
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The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - here
Root text by Jigme Lingpa - here
Guided Meditation - here
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The text of the sutra is - Here
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'Four Dharmas' root verse - here
The ‘Five Precepts’ - here
Accompanying handout - here
This talk is to be listened to as an introduction to reading the article "Mind, Matter, or God?" from Shambhala Sun, Jan, 2008 - Here
Oct. 8, "Contemplation: Karmic Debt" 89 minutes
September 17, 2007, Tim Olmsted, "Treasury of Blessings," 75 minutes
August 27, 2007, Tim Olmsted, "Friends, Enemies and Neutrals" 65 minutes
April 30, 2007 Tim Olmsted: "Compassion," 82 minutes
April 23, 2007, Tim Olmsted: "What Makes You a Buddhist; The Four Seals," 77 minutes
April 16, 2007 Tim Olmsted: "The Bodhisattva Vow," 81 minutes
April 9, 2007 Tim Olmsted: "What the Buddha Taught," 57 minutes
April 2, 2007 Tim Olmsted: "Daily Vows," 101 minutes
March 26, 2007 Tim Olmsted: "Fearless Honesty", 87 minutes
February 5, 2007 Jenny Bondurant “Working with Our Emotions,” 86 minutes.
November 8, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "Retreat".
October 11, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "The Heart Sutra".
October 4, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "The Two Truths".
September 27, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "Pakchuk Rinpoche".
September 11, 2004 H.S. Dorji Lopen: "Impermanence and Precious Human Birth" Saturday Afternoon Session. 121 minutes
September 10, 2004 H.S. Dorji Lopen: "Introduction to the Community" 100 minutes.
September 6, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "Samsara" 92 minutes.
August 30, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "Karma" 78 minutes.
August 23, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "Impermanence -- The Good News" 83 minutes
August 16, 2004 Tim Olmsted: "Precious Human Life" 62 minutes
August 2, 2004. Tim Olmsted: "Organizing One's Life According to Dharma + The Elixir of Life Ceremony" 64 minutes
July 12, 2004. Tim Olmsted: "The Four Dharmas of Gampopa" 84 minutes
June 28, 2004. Tim Olmsted: "Putting Your Practice Into Practice" 83 minutes,