Student Reflections
Engage with other sangha members here by reading and sharing reflections and discussing areas of interest to you. We all benefit from exchanging ideas and cultivating spiritual friendships. If you’re looking for inspiration, your fellow practitioners can help you feel supported and less alone! Do you have concerns about balancing practice and daily life? Here’s a place to turn for suggestions and encouragement.
Path of Dignity
Awakening Dignity: Student Reflections on Phakchok Rinpoche’s Public Lecture in Barcelona
Marc Dueñas reflects on Phakchok Rinpoche's recent public lecture in Barcelona, Spain....
Parenthood is Practice, Too
In this article, Alan Pope shows how parenthood provides an opportunity to take our meditation practice into the heart of our daily lives....
Path of Transformation
Radically Loving – Transcending Anxiety and Stress
Helen Felcey describes her experiences attending the three-day Radically Loving Retreat hosted by Erric Solomon....
Path of Realization
Taking Obstacles Onto the Path
Alan Pope talks about how we can learn to treat the obstacles on our path as our greatest blessings through skillful practice....
Path of Realization» Path of Transformation» Meditation
Student Reflections on Gomde New York’s Virtual Retreats – May 23 to June 1, 2020
Samye Institute's students share their experiences during 2020's online retreats....
Mariam’s Playground
Right now, as a result of this pandemic crisis, many people are navigating through loss of some kind. May Mariam’s Playground offer some measure of...
Path of Transformation
Anxiety and Meditation on Campus—Then and Now
Anxiety is widely reported to be the number one psychological challenge among students today, and in a recent survey, 97% of students reported technological distractions...
Path of Transformation
Forgetting the Goal: A Lesson on Hope and Despair
The Buddhist path is incredibly complex – beautifully so – interweaving a multitude of components the way a great weaver threads thousands of strands of...
Path of Transformation
A Dharmic Journey in Facing Cancer
Wiyono Gunawan shares his experiences in facing a cancer diagnosis....
Radically Happy in Vienna and Everywhere
Judith Stemerdink-Herret shares her reflections from attending Erric Solomon's Radically Happy event in Vienna, Austria...
Path of Transformation
Marriage and Partnership Advice from Phakchok Rinpoche
A marriage is not just a union of one person to one person. Actually we need to build and combine skillful means, wisdom, enlightenment....
Late Summer Reflections
Daniel Baruch shares some reflections of the first day of the 2019 Mahamudra retreat at Samye Hermitage New York....