Wise Teacher Wise Student

By Alexander Berzin

The relationship between a teacher and student can be a most rewarding and life-enhancing experience, yet it can also be fraught with problems and misunderstandings. For Westerners working with Eas...

Introduction to the Kalachakra Initiation

By Alexander Berzin

Kalachakra is a system of highest tantra practice for overcoming the limitations imposed by historical, astrological, and biological cycles so as to become a Buddha for the benefit of all. His Holi...

O album de Berzin

By Alexander Berzin

Developing Balanced Sensitivity

By Alexander Berzin

Alexander Berzin introduces a series of techniques for overcoming insensitivity and hypersensitivity. Based on traditional Buddhist sources, they are presented in non-traditional forms suitable for...

Introduction to the Kalachakra Initiation

By Alexander Berzin

Kalachakra is a system of highest tantra practice for overcoming the limitations imposed by historical, astrological, and biological cycles so as to become a Buddha for the benefit of all. His Holi...

Wise Teacher, Wise Student

By Alexander Berzin

The relationship between a teacher and student can be a most rewarding and life-enhancing experience, yet it can also be fraught with problems and misunderstandings. For Westerners working with Eas...

The Gelug Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra

By Alexander Berzin, The Dalai Lama

Mahamudra, the great sealing nature, refers to systems of meditation on both the conventional and ultimate natures of the mind. These have been transmitted through the Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug tradi...

Kalachakra and Other Six-Session Yoga Texts

By Alexander Berzin

Six-session yoga practices are a common commitment of highest yoga tantra initiations. The Dalai Lama endorsed these four six-session yoga practices given with the Kalachakra initiation.