Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

I have enjoyed listening to some talks by Traleg. He seems to be a different kind of person than most Western people I am familiar with. He seems to be speaking from a place of great peace, wisdom, and compassion. I am grateful that he is willing to share the wisdom of thousands of years of tradition with us. He says simple things that move me deeply. I wanted to share some notes.

·        The long-term goal of Buddhism is enlightenment. The immediate goal is to suffer less and be more happy.

·        In our life we need to be able to ride a balance between the relative and the absolute.

·        In this World there is much that is positive and much that is negative. What we focus on and how we react is influenced by our mental attitude.

·        We can learn to train our intellectual mind and therefore influence the emotions we feel.

·        When we focus on our self and our suffering we tend to suffer even more.

·        Buddhist psychology focuses on our present which can help us reframe our past.

·        The best and happiest attitude we can adopt is one of extending compassion towards others.

·        Properly cultivating this compassion is a lifelong practice.

·        In these uncertain times embrace impermanence.

·        Transform miserliness to being generous.

·        Transform hostility and bitterness to being caring.

·        Transform fear and lack of trust to being trusting.

• Practice two types of meditation; that which makes the mind peaceful, and that which leads to insight about your self.

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