While staying at Lho Lungkar Monastery (Wogmin Thupten Shedrup Ling) in the Eastern Tibetan region, Lama Mark was asked by Lho Ontul Rinpoche to teach on the Common Foundations (the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind from Samsara) and the Drikung Yangzab Dzogchen Preliminary Liberating Instructions. Lama Mark explains the Common Foundations, Taking Refuge, and Generating Bodhicitta as well as the importance of developing profound intention for practice: The wish for all sentient beings and ourselves to be liberated and fully awaken from suffering states.