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Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment (Tib. སྐྱིད་སྡུག་ལམ་ཁྱེར་, kyiduk lamkhyer, Wyl. skyid sdug lam khyer) is Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima’s famous instruction on lojong—’training’ or ‘transforming’ the mind. Whatever comes to us in life, be it happiness or suffering, this extraordinary teaching shows us how to transform and draw the very best out of it, and use it for our ultimate benefit and the benefit of others.

Explanation of the Title

Kyi (སྐྱིད་) means ‘happiness’, duk (སྡུག་) means ‘suffering’, lam (ལམ་) means ‘path’, and khyer (ཁྱེར་) means ‘to carry’ or ‘to take’.

Commentaries

Zopa Rinpoche, Lama, Transforming Problems into Happiness (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2011)

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Sogyal Rinpoche, Kamalashila Institute, Wachendorf, Germany, May 1987
Sogyal Rinpoche, Munich, Germany, 15-16 October 1994
Sogyal Rinpoche, Berlin, Germany, 26-27 November 1994
Sogyal Rinpoche, Paris, France, 10-11 December 1994
Sogyal Rinpoche, Oldenburg, 12-16 June 1995
Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, France, June 1995
Sogyal Rinpoche, Haileybury, UK, 16-20 April 2003
Sogyal Rinpoche, Hombroich, Germany, 1-4 May 2003
Sogyal Rinpoche, Oakland, USA, 17-18 May 2003
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Dzogchen Beara, Ireland, 18-19 May 2019
Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, Mindroling Monastery, India, April-May 2020, available as video on demand here

External Links

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 *Sogyal Rinpoche, Oakland, USA, 17-18 May 2003
 *[[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]], [[Dzogchen Beara]], Ireland, 18-19 May 2019
+*[[Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche]], [[Mindroling Monastery]], India, April-May 2020, available as video on demand [https://www.rigpa.org/upcoming-events/2020/4/12/online-teachings-with-jetsun-khandro-rinpoche here]
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