Media

Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center is pleased to offer a selection of interactive media:

• Audio teachings at archive.org
• Video teachings on YouTube
• Photo galleries on Flickr
  

These teachings are offered to you free of charge.  Please consider a one-time or a recurring donation to support our center.

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FPMT Teachers

Tenzin Ösel Hita

• Public Talk on One Big Love

Tubten Pende

• A Letter to a Friend
• Key to the Middle Way
• The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas
• Shantideva: Meditation
• Finding Satisfaction
• Guide to the Middle Way
• The Meaning of Blessings
• Devotion to Teachings
• From Egoism to Altruism
• Preparing for Tantric Practices
• Madhyamakavatara Wisdom Chapter
• Mind and Its Functions
• How We Acquire Knowledge
• Meditation on Emptiness
• The Three Principal Aspects of the Path (2020)
• The Three Principal Aspects of the Path (2021)

Jon Landaw

• How do Things Exist?
• DB 13: Introduction to Tantra
• What does it mean to practice dharma? Part One, Part Two
• The Eight-Stage Death Evolution Meditation
• Buddhism Made Easy (2014)
• Reflections on the Lamas
• Buddhism Made Easy (2015)
• DB 1 and 2
  
• Training Our Mind, Changing Our Life
  

Karuna Cayton

• The Misleading Mind
• Working with Difficult Emotions
• Reflections on the Lamas
• DB 1: Mind and Its Potential
  
• DB 4: The Spiritual Teacher
• DB 6: Karma
• DB 9: Samsara and Nirvana
• Ask The Buddhist Therapist

Rob Preece

• The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra
• Feeling Wisdom
• Mahamudra: Meditation on the Nature of Mind
• Exploring the Shadow
• Approaching Mahamudra
• The Three Kayas
• Entering the Path of Tantra
  

Glen Svensson
Nature of the Mind

Don Handrick

• Using Work as a Spiritual Path
• What's So Bad About Complaining?
• Making the Mind Spacious
• Learning to Like Problems
• Joy of Letting Go
• What's Positive Energy (Merit) Got to Do With It?
• Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude
• Power of Listening
• The Eight Pillars of Joy
• Tara and Activating Feminine Energy in Spiritual Practice
• The Joy of Living Fully
• Objects of Meditation
• Conscious Aging: Enjoying the Gifts of Growing Older
• Eight Steps to a Happy Life
  
• Heart Advice for Death and Dying
  

Don Isaacson

• Applying Buddhism to Our Daily Life
• Buddhism in a Nutshell (2016)
• Buddhism in a Nutshell (2021)
• Understanding and Contemplating Emptiness
• ​Anger and Patience, Attachment and Aversion
• ​Jealousy and Pride
• Miserliness and Belligerence
• Concealment/ Dissimulation and Faith/Non-Faith
• Five Afflicted Views and more
• Approaching the Buddhist Path
• The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
• Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
• Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Guy Newland

• Emptiness and Dependent Arising
• Everyday Emptiness: Practical Paths toward Peace

Emily Hsu

• Experiencing the Lamrim
• Meditating on Bodhicitta and Emptiness (August 2015)
• Meditating on Bodhicitta and Emptiness (October 2015)
• Introduction to Emptiness
• Understanding and Contemplating Emptiness
  
• The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
  

Discovering Buddhism:

• DB 1: Mind and its Potential
• DB 2: How to Meditate
• DB 3: Presenting the Path (2014)
• DB 3: Presenting the Path (2016)
• DB 5: Death and Rebirth (2014)
• DB 5: Death and Rebirth (2016)
• DB 7: Refuge in the Three Jewels
• DB 8: Establishing a Daily Practice (2014)
• DB 8: Establishing a Daily Practice (2016)
• DB 9: Ending Suffering
• DB 9: Getting to Nirvana
• DB 10: Expanding our Heart — Bodhicitta
• Bodhisattva Activity — the Six Perfections
• DB 11: Transforming Problems into Happiness (2013)
• DB 11: Transforming Problems into Happiness (2015)
• DB 12: How Do Things Exist? (2013)
• DB 12: How Things Exist (2015)
• DB 13: Introduction to Tantra

Basic Program, Shantideva:

• Introspection
• Patience
• Wisdom

Scott Tusa

• Experiencing Resilience and Happiness
• ​Making Life Meaningful
• Calm Body, Clear Mind
  
• Mindfulness in Buddhist Practice
  

Elaine Jackson

• Vajrasattva Purification
  

His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Peace Through Inner Peace

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Finding True Happiness

His Eminence Ling Rinpoche

• Finding Well-Being and Happiness
• The Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa
The Easy Path

Jangtse Choje Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche
Heart Sutra

His Eminence Chöden Rinpoche
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Geshe Ngawang Dakpa

• Songs of Spiritual Experience
• The Three Principal Aspects of the Path
• Parting from the Four Attachments

Venerable Lobsang Chokyi
DB 10: Developing Bodhicitta, the Courage of Compassion

Venerable René Feusi

• Mahayana Mindfulness
• Meditating on the Nature of Mind
• Intuitive approach to how things exist
• Meditation on Mahayana Mindfulness
• Meditation on The Seven-Point Instruction on Mind Training by Geshe Chekawa
  
• Lamrim and Mahamudra Meditation
  

Geshe Thubten Sherab

• Understanding the Eight Worldly Dharmas
• Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way of Life — Patience
• Sunday Meditation
• Easter Sunday Dharma Talk
• Diamond Cutter Sutra
• Eight Verses of Mind Training
• Planting the Seeds of Happiness
• The Wheel of Sharp Weapons
• Keep Calm and Carry On: Cooling Afflictions During Challenging Times
• Why and How to Purify Negative Karma
• The Heart Sutra
• Karma and It's Ending
• Overview of the Four Tenet Systems
• Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way of Life — Joyful Effort
• Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way of Life — Bodhicitta
• Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way of Life — Wisdom
• Four Dharma Seals
• What Does it Mean to be a Mahayana Buddhist?
• The Importance of Studying, Reflecting and Contemplating
• Establishing a Daily Practice
• Refuge Teachings
  

Venerable Tenzin Chogkyi

• Deconstructing the Ego to Reconstruct the Self
• Cultivating Emotional Balance

Venerable Angie Muir

• Why and How to Purify
• Vajrasattva Purification Meditation Practice
• DB 11: Transforming Problems into Happiness
• Navigating Center Etiquette
• Medicine Buddha Puja

Venerable Losang Gendun
Vipassana Retreat with a Bodhisattva Motivation

Venerable Thubten Dondrub
Emptiness of Self

Venerable Robina Courtin

• On Being Human
• Cause and Effect
• The Roadmap to Happiness​
• When the Chocolate Runs Out
• Karma and Emptiness
• Let's Get Real
• Finding Freedom and Ultimate Happiness
• DB 3: Presenting the Path
• Refuge and Lay Vows

Venerable Amy Miller

• Dealing with Difficult People
• What's Love Got to Do with It?
• Empathy, Emptiness and Empowerment in Vulnerable Times
  
• Family Fun
• Life As Practice: Making Every Moment Count
  
• Making Friends with Death
  

Venerable Thubten Chodron
Finding Happiness through Wisdom

Venerable Gyalten Palmo

• DB 1: Mind and Its Potential (2018)
  
• DB 1: Mind and Its Potential (2020)
  
• DB 2: How to Meditate
• DB 3: Presenting the Path
• DB 4: The Spiritual Teacher
• DB 5: Death and Rebirth
• DB 6: Karma
• DB 7: Refuge in the Three Jewels
• DB 8: Establishing a Daily Practice
• DB 9: Samsara and Nirvana
• DB 10: Bodhicitta (2017)
• DB 10: Bodhicitta (2019)
• DB 11: Transforming Problems
• DB 12: Wisdom of Emptiness (2017)
• DB 12: Wisdom of Emptiness (2020)
• DB 13: Introduction to Tantra (2017)
• DB 13: Introduction to Tantra (2020)

Venerable Sangye Khadro

• Wholesome Fear
• Introduction to Tantra
  
• Meditation 101
  

Venerable Losang Drimay

• Applying Mind Training to Your Life
• What would Buddha think?
• Prayers to Control Earthquakes
• ​How To Series: Planning for Later Life and End of Life from a Buddhist Perspective

Venerable Losang Tendar

• How to Lead a Meaningful Life
  
• Nalanda Merit Tour

Venerable Losang Gyaltsen

• Nalanda Merit Tour

Venerable Tenzin Namjong

• The Essence of a Human Life
• Discovering Buddhism Open House
• DB 1: Mind and Its Potential
  
• DB 3: Presenting the Path
  

Venerable Katy Cole

• Introduction to Lamrim Meditation (February 2021)
• Dealing with Difficult Emotions
• Introduction to Lamrim Meditation (June 2021)
  
• Lamrim Year Meditation
  

Venerable Thubten Khadro

• Introduction to Contemplative Practice: The Four Immeasurable Thoughts
  

Venerable Tenzin Legtsok

• Discovering Buddhism Open House
• DB 2: How to Meditate
  
• DB 5: Death and Rebirth
  

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Guest Speakers

Amy Barton-Cayton
Neuroscience and Dharma: Training the Habitual Reptile Mind

Professor David Gray
Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, and Dzogchen

Glenn Mullin
The Tantric Path

Mempa Yangdron Kalzang
Learning your Constitution to Achieve Better Health

Harvey Horrocks
Memories of Lama Yeshe

Paul Gilbert
Evolution Brain, Compassionate Mind

Brooke Dodson Lavelle
Evolution Brain, Compassionate Mind

Judy Weitzner
How To Series: Planning for Later Life and End of Life from a Buddhist Perspective

Amber Tamang
The Benefits of Pilgrimage

Kristina Mah
Virtual Pilgrimage: Lawudo

Venerable Tenzin Namsel

• Working Skillfully with Emotions Through Letting Be
• Everyday Wakefulness

Sera Lachi monks
(monks from Sera May and Sera Jay in India)
Chittamani Tara Puja

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Q&A Interview