Meaning & Importance of Sangha 1994

© 1994 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, © 2020 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation & Vajrayana Foundation

Format: mp3 download (link will be sent within 5 business days)

Running Time: 1 hr 30 min; also available through Vajrayana Foundation

Stream for free on SoundCloud (posted for Losar 2020)

Recorded at Sakya Dechen Ling, Katherine Pfaff’s, in West Oakland, California; December 17, 1994. Requested and recorded by Sheppard Powell.

Language: Rinpoche teaches in English

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche teaches on the meaning and importance of sangha and answers questions about the role of accumulating merit, advice for avoiding politics in the dharma, and how to examine a teacher and what to do if we feel we’ve made a connection with a negative teacher. 

Note: The recording sound level with people’s questions is very low. We’ve tried to increase the volume without causing too much distortion, but it is difficult to hear the questions (though not Rinpoche’s answers!).