Yangzab Dzogchen Treasure Teachings

08/23/2026

The Root Samaya is Love ❤️

The root of Vajrayana practice is the samaya. Many of my senior disciples know about that, but there may be some new disciples, and so the samaya, the root of samaya or the actual samaya, is love, and that love is a bond that keeps us connected throughout many lifetimes. That is a bond between disciples and disciples, and lamas and disciples, and so forth. If we do not let this bond pass, if we do not interrupt this bond of love, which is the samaya, then from lifetime to lifetime in the future, we will meet again and benefit and help each other. For others, if we cut that samaya, that bond of love with each other, then we can only harm each other in the future. And so, the samaya between disciple and disciple and disciple and lama is very precious and important. It is necessary that we observe this samaya and not allow it to be interrupted - also because throughout all time, we have had this positive samaya.

That is why in this lifetime, sharing the connection of practicing the Vajrayana together, and in order to benefit each other again and again in the future, it is important that all of us observe our samaya, that we do not give rise to anger and jealousy toward each other. And, as it is taught in the tantras, if we observe our samaya, then we will obtain the highest siddhis within seven lifetimes.

HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler

08/14/2026

When Obstacles Arise

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All obstacles are the outcome of vour own actions. The arising of the obstacle is the purification of the negative karma accumulated. Therefore the obstacle is something good in terms of bringing negative karma to exhaustion. Recite Tara and Vairasattva mantra and think that this obstacle is good, because it brings to an end the negative karma accumulated.

lf the karma would not have been accumulated. - the obstacle could not arise. All obstacles. illness etc. arise from self-clinging, the mental afflictions arising from it and the karma accumulated in dependence on those afflictions. Generally, the Altruistic Mind that wishes to benefit others - helps to eliminate anv obstacle.

Practice love and compassion, take on the suffering of others - and exchange it for your own happiness (Tonglen). Then when vou die vou will not experience difficulties. This practice is of your own and others benefit. Study and train in the 37 Bodhisattva practices, - all instructions are included within them.

HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler

08/12/2026

Guru Yoga and Devotion
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Why is it that we must practice Mahamudra following the guru yoga practice? Before we have gained realization, in order to gain realization, we must first and foremost cultivate devotion to the guru - uncontrived devotion -realizing that the mindfulness of the guru and my own mindfulness are an inseparable union. Only through realizing that our own mind and the mind of the guru are a union will the blessings of the guru enter our mind. Some recognize this mindfulness, some do not recognize this mindfulness, but when we think of devotion to our own root guru, then through this devotion itself, we will recognize that our own mindfulness and the guru's mindfulness actually are a union. So most important is the meditation of devotion.

From the perspective of practice, the essence of this mindfulness is emptiness and its nature is clarity, but if you look for it you cannot find it. This mindfulness is the same nature as the mindfulness of the guru, and if you have an unchanging faith and devotion to your root guru, then the form of the root guru will appear in your mind, and you will remember the guru's instructions. It is just like ordinarily when you love a person, you cannot forget about them, they will always appear in your mind. In the same way, the guru will appear in your mind, and each time the guru appears, you will remember the guru's instructions.

This is an easier way of practice for beginning practitioners - to recognize that this mindfulness is the mindfulness of the guru, or in Dzogchen terms, it is said that it is mindful presence remembering the guru. So this mindful presence or mindfulness represents the guru.

Also, each and every day, you can take a commitment to remember the guru; for example, "today I am going to remember the guru ten times," then the next day fifteen times, and then twenty times. You increase your commitment to remember the guru, and eventually through that your mind will truly become inseparable from the guru. If you lack mindfulness, then also the guru will not arise within your mind - that is a unique instruction.

HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler

08/09/2026

08/05/2026

Mental Afflictions and Primordial Wisdom

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Garchen Rinpoche, teaching on Vajrakilaya for the GBI Drubchen November 2007.

Milarepa has taught that, in actuality, mindful awareness and mental afflictions—one's own awareness and mental afflictions— are not separate, because mental afflictions and concepts are in the nature of emptiness. If one realizes this through meditation, then one realizes that actually wisdom and mental afflictions are non-distinct.

We talk about the five types of primordial awareness, such as the individually discriminating awareness and so forth, but they all have one essential meaning, which is mindful awareness. This mindful awareness is similar to fire, and the five mental afflictions are like fuel for the fire, the wood. When wood is burned up by the fire, then the wood itself becomes fire, and the fire gets ever stronger.

Therefore the mental afflictions are not separate from one's primordial awareness. They ARE primordial awareness; this is the view of Mahamudra. The phurba, the wisdom awareness phurba, explains the view of Mahamudra, and it the principal of the four phurbas when it comes to meditation practice.

HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler

08/04/2026

The actual practice of the Om Ah Hung Vajra Recitation:

As a formal meditation session, it is best to do this practice in the morning at dawn, but you should actually do it throughout the day. You can do this practice whenever you breathe, and you always breathe, don't you? When you inhale the air, think "OM." You do not have to visualize it or say it out loud; just think "OM." When the wind reaches the navel, think "AH," and when you exhale the wind, think "HUNG."

The main focus is on the AH at the navel. AH has the nature of fire and is heat. When you inhale the wind, think that the wind dissolves into the AH at the navel. The quintessence of the wind is kept, and the stale air is always exhaled. In formal meditation sessions, as you inhale, think that you are pressing down the upper winds and simultaneously draw up the lower winds by gently contracting the a**s. This "union of the upper and lower winds" forms an egg-shaped sphere at the navel center. Hold your breath for a short time and observe the nature of mind.

Do not retain the wind too long, only as much as is comfortable. Again exhale and think "HUNG." In your daily activities, there is no need to hold the breath; you can just breathe naturally and think "OM AH HUNG." The main focus is always on the fire at the navel, and eventually warmth will arise. This warmth in fact is already there, but ordinary beings do not recognize it. This practice is an excellent method to sustain mindfulness; it is a method to unite the mind with the winds. If we lack mindfulness, the winds and mind go separate ways and we become deluded

HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler

08/02/2026

Pure and Impure and Love

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There is pure love and impure love. The difference lies in possessiveness or release. Pure love is the root of lasting happiness. Impure love creates only suffering. Impure love that is tainted by the ego and possessiveness leads to jealousy, then anger and finally separation. Pure love free from possessiveness leads to harmony and peace and may even transform a negative companion. A relationship then becomes a bodhisattva activity.

Someone, who has understood the nature of mind, will even take on a negative companion, as one has understood that negative emotions are temporary; they come and go. That disturbing person's mind and one's own mind essentially are the same. What stays throughout lifetimes as the seed for happiness is pure love. Thus, when one truly understands the nature of mind, samayacommitments cannot be broken. Even if it happens that one quarrels, this temporary occurrence never moves the ever-prevailing love.

If one does not understand the nature of mind, one will cling and try to possess. We then are nice to those who are nice to us, but not nice to those who are not nice to us. This love is impermanent; it cannot last.

Pure love will always last. And my love for you will always last.

HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler

07/31/2026

From GBI: UPDATE on H.E. Garchen Rinpoche’s Health

July 30, 2026

Dear Worldwide Sangha,💐

We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary outpouring of prayers, love, and support from all of you around the world for H.E. Garchen Rinpoche’s long life and recovery.🙏🪷

Following further evaluation at the hospital, it has been determined that Garchen Rinpoche experienced a small bleed in his brain. This condition is one from which recovery is possible. Although this brings us hope, his condition remains uncertain, and we do not yet know how his recovery will unfold. He is receiving excellent medical care, for which we are profoundly grateful.🌈

We ask everyone to continue offering prayers, reciting mantras, and dedicating merit, trusting in the blessings of the Three Jewels and the power of our collective aspirations.

We will continue to keep everyone informed as the situation unfolds.

Thank you for continuing to hold Garchen Rinpoche in your hearts with unwavering love, faith, and prayers.❤️

PRAYER INSTRUCTION:🙏🙏🙏

His Holiness Chungtsang Rinpoche, one of the heads of our lineage, has advised the worldwide sangha to accumulate the Amitayus longevity mantra for Garchen Rinpoche’s long life and/or to engage in Vajrasattva practice.

The Amitayus prayers are provided below. If you are able, please accumulate the short Amitayus mantra, dedicating the merit for Garchen Rinpoche’s long life and good health.

Amitayus Mantra Accumulation:

[https://garchen.net/.../07/Amitayus-Mantra-Accumulation.pdf](https://garchen.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Amitayus-Mantra-Accumulation.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExdGRkN1dPalh3N0VWejNCa3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR66bbQ-CSpje3Eu-iWH_sEOwOUFpsKrxKnbjmGojhJ1Kb_0ijvkQhs7qgAHlw_aem_ujyGDguq-wcmxRePAz-Gtw)

Vajrasattva Sadhana:

[https://garchen.net/.../Vajrasattva-Sangtik-Sadhana-v16.pdf](https://garchen.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Vajrasattva-Sangtik-Sadhana-v16.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExdGRkN1dPalh3N0VWejNCa3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5H9uBCHhhcNd7uD1WcbwyfMIzLgtfZWzmC5-G-jmloGy9IjB-BzgBzL5-6Mg_aem_OLyam1l9MMXkOuGBaRAEVg)

07/28/2026

𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒: 𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐔 𝐘𝐎𝐆𝐀 – 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐔’𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 (𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟏)

(𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 H.E. 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2025. 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑢𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑢̈𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟—𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑟𝑎,” 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑎 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑦𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑟𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎. 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑.)

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𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏.

When sentient beings give rise to an altruistic mind, that mind becomes merged with the mind of the Buddha. You should think that the Guru’s mind is always one with the Buddha’s mind; therefore, if you think of Guru, you are also creating a connection with the Buddha’s mind.

When sentient beings purify self-clinging, the mind becomes pure. The mind’s very nature is Buddha. The ground is Buddha, but along the path, because of self-clinging, sentient beings give rise to defilements and create karma. Although the ground is Buddha, sentient beings temporarily go astray.

Now, when you practice meditation on the Guru, the Guru’s mind is love and wisdom. When your mind merges with the Guru’s mind, afflictive emotions naturally cease. Therefore, you will understand when I say: I am always meditating, and you too must meditate.

Is it that in the bardo state I will come, hold your hand, and bring you upward? It is not like that. When you meditate by remembering the Guru, when your mind connects with the Guru’s mind, self-clinging within you dissolves, and through this you close the doors that lead to dangerous realms in the bardo.

“𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖’𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅.” When you continually think of the Guru, it is 100% guaranteed that there will be no danger in the intermediate state. You need to understand it this way and practice meditation. Meditate on what? On love and compassion. The Guru’s mind is the mind of boundless love; the mind of beings in samsara is a mind of self-clinging. I am always meditating on immeasurable compassion. Therefore, when a sentient being’s mind gives rise to love, it is like a drop of water merging into a river—at that moment, all paths leading to lower rebirth are closed.

If you meditate on immeasurable love, you will gradually realize the nature of mind and attain non-duality; then the mind becomes like the sky. At that time, you will realize that the Guru’s mind, your mind, and the Buddha’s mind are one.

HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler