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Buddha-Nature
38 Articles
Six-Session Yoga: Theory
The six-session yoga is a practice which helps us to keep the commitments from receiving an initiation or empowerment in the anuttarayoga class of tantra. And so this evening what I’d like to do is give a little bit of introduction and background to what’s going on with this...
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Commentary on "An Extensive Six-Session Yoga" – Dr. Berzin
Uttaratantra: Background of the Text
Today, we are gathered in a very special place, Bodh Gaya, the site in India where the most skillful, compassionate, and kind universal teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha, manifested his state of enlightenment. The Dharma teaching we shall be dealing with here on this occasion is...
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The Dalai Lama on “Uttaratantra” & Buddha-Nature: Day One
Tantra: Fundamental Features
Tantra as a Structure on Which to Weave Sutra Practice This evening I’ve been asked to speak a little bit about tantra in general. When we look at the word tantra, it’s a Sanskrit word and what it means is the warp of a loom. A loom is something that you weave cloth on, and...
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Overview of Tantra
Uttaratantra: Precious Human Life and Setting the Motivation
Precious Human Life Today, we are at Lama Tsongkhapa Institute, which is headed by two great spiritual masters. We have come together for spiritual teachings, and we are all very fortunate to have this opportunity. I am very happy to be here with you today. In general, it is...
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Commentary on “Uttaratantra” – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Buddha-Nature and the Five Buddha Wisdoms
What Is Buddha-Nature? Our topic for this seminar is the five Buddha wisdoms, or as I prefer to call them, the five types of deep awareness. I find the term five types of wisdom to be less accurate and helpful because everybody has these, including the worm and the cockroach....
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Meditations for Recognizing the Five Buddha Wisdoms
Uttaratantra: The Seven Vajra Points
Explanation of the Title With these points in mind, let us now turn to the text. The title of this classic is, in Sanskrit, Mahayana-uttaratantra Shastra and in Tibetan Theg-pa chen-po rgyud bla-ma'i bstan-bcos (An Indicative Composition on a Vast Vehicle of Mind, the...
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The Dalai Lama on “Uttaratantra” & Buddha-Nature: Day One
Uttaratantra: The Textual Sources for the Seven Vajra Points
Proper Motivation and Explanation of the Title and Homage Before beginning, we set the motivation of wishing to listen to these teachings in order to actually achieve the state of enlightenment in order to benefit everyone. If we set this type of motivation, the benefits of...
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Commentary on “Uttaratantra” – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
The Five Buddha-Family Traits: General Anuttarayoga Tantra
The Five Systems of Five Buddha-Families We’ve seen that when we speak about the five Buddha-families, if we look at it from the dimension of what will develop into all the aspects of a Buddha, we have this one set of five: mental activity, good qualities, verbal expression,...
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Using the Five Buddha-Family Traits in Daily Life
Tantra: Not-Yet-Happening Enlightenment & Buddha-Nature
We started our discussion of how to make our tantra practice effective or more effective. And we saw that the most fundamental thing to start with is to understand what tantra is and what is the essential point of tantra practice – how does it work. And we saw that tantra...
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Effective Tantra Practice
Uttaratantra: The Buddha Gem
Review Regarding the seven vajra points, our text states: (2) The sequential connection of these that is due to their defining characteristics, in the order in which they are to be understood, is as in The Sutra (Requested) by King Dharani. From its introduction, one is to be...
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Commentary on “Uttaratantra” – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
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