Drop of Nectar: An Old Man's Heart Advice DVDs

© 2003 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Format: 2 DVDs; Also available as digital download; Running Time: Teaching 1: 1 hour 34 min; Teaching 2: 2 hour 4 min Recorded at Orgyen Dorje Den in Alameda, California; October 2003 Language: Tibetan with English translation by Ngawang Zangpo Related: Rinpoche's teachings on his prayer given at Esalen Institute in 2004 available here. Download a PDF of the poem. The root of painful and confused emotions is ignorance, the lack of recognition of our own primordial nature. From that root emerge the five afflictive emotions and all of their innumerable branches. Caught in this state of confused mind, we cycle endlessly through states of temporary happiness and suffering, but never reach our goal of permanent, stable happiness. Contained within the essence of that emotional, suffering mind, however, is our enlightened nature. Enlightenment is not a state that exists outside of oneself. It is our own primordially awakened nature, luminous awareness. The natura