A new beautifully done video explaining what Khyentse Foundation does and why. Narrated by Rinpoche, this video condenses the foundation's mission and view into 5 inspiring minutes -- no easy task.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

While strolling down the main boulevard in Shigatse, the home of the Panchen Lamas, in 1987, I see only a few people and almost no cars. Tibet has just opened up for foreign travellers and back-packers some months before. Standing on the pavement, perusing the items displayed on makeshift tables in the market stalls, my eyes had suddenly fallen on a tiny text. The print is on handmade-parchment, fashioned in the age-old style of inked woodcarving. It is a revelation from many hundred years back, and its Tibetan title means Refined Essence of Oral Instructions. It contains the parting words of Padmasambhava as he is just about to leave Tibet, the master who is admired and loved throughout the Himalayan countries and now all over the world as being the main teacher of Vajrayana Buddhism. My breath stops and my heart skips a beat. The words are like hearing him speak to you in person. I buy two copies without hesitation.

Padmasambhava, terma

“The countryside is a beautiful procession of hills and hillocks, densely forested with blooming trees. A gently burbling stream of pure, cool, fragrant water flows from its interior, as if poured from a vase. Waterfalls form serene pools and lakes, where swans, ducks, and various waterfowl frolic with joyous delight. In a vast, level meadow blanketed with flowers in full bloom, various beautiful, hoofed animals graze contentedly, co-existing in perfect harmony.”