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Obstacles
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Mahamudra: Finding the Mind and Attaining Shamatha
Clarification of Points about Kagyu and Sakya Teachings There are many different traditions, for instance in Kagyu there’s the tradition of two streams merged together, which refers to having both sutra and tantra mixed together within the mahamudra teachings. The disciple...
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Commentary on “Root Text for Mahamudra” – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Overcoming Obstacles with the Middle and Advanced Scope Lam-rim Teachings
Review of Day One Yesterday, we covered the smaller scope and looked at one of its primary topics, which is meditating on impermanence. That helps in reducing our attachment to the appearances of this life, because we see that nothing lasts. To recap, there are meditations on...
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Overcoming Obstacles to Realizing Renunciation, Bodhichitta and Emptiness
Exercises & Further Points Concerning Negative Influences
Review Throughout our lives we have the thought of ourselves in terms of “me” and “my life.” We’ve experienced this the entire span of our lives, not just one year of it, and because we’re not some rigid, solid blob that can’t be affected by anything, we’ve been influenced by...
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Work-Life Balance: How to Get More Satisfaction in Life
Impermanence for Overcoming the Laziness of Being Busy with Worldly Things
Setting a Good Motivation Now, please don’t forget the purpose of this course. As I mentioned yesterday, this is a very important subject – meditating on impermanence. Without this, whatever very profound teaching we find in our life, we won’t be able to practice it very well....
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Commentary on “How to Meditate on Impermanence” – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II
Being Humble
Brief Review We started our discussion of the Eight Verses of Mind Training by Langri Tangpa, with the first verse: (1) May I always cherish all limited beings by considering how far superior they are to wish-granting gems for actualizing the supreme aim. We discussed how...
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Commentary on “Eight Verses of Mind Training” – Dr. Berzin
More Causes for Flightiness, and Stabilizing Bodhichitta
Verses 4 through 6 Verse 4: Lessening Flightiness of Mind by Having Few Desires Let me rid myself of (desire for) material gain and honor and always rid myself of (desire for) profit and fame. So, let me have few desires, be content, and show appreciation for the kind acts...
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Commentary on “A Bodhisattva’s Garland of Gems” – Dr. Berzin
Preventing Mahamudra Preliminaries from Becoming Flat
Reasons for Preliminaries Becoming Flat People engaged in preliminary practices sometimes find them becoming flat. The primary fault lies with our motivation. The main measure to prevent this is continually reaffirming our reasons for engaging in the preliminaries. If, as...
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The Practical Application of Mahamudra
Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Tonglen Done with the Three Poisons
Contrasting Bodhisattvas with Ordinary Beings The text, Wheel of Sharp Weapons, begins with Dharmarakshita contrasting bodhisattvas with ordinary beings. Bodhisattvas practice tonglen – giving and taking – taking from others the three poisonous disturbing states of mind or...
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Overview of “Wheel of Sharp Weapons” – Dr. Berzin
Tantra: Visualization & Transforming Disturbing Emotions
Let’s continue with our format, which is to speak about various topics within tantra based on your questions and interests. The Meaning of a Deity’s Hand Implements What about the weapon-like instruments that the various Buddha-figures are holding, is there a practical way...
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Transforming Our Minds and Energies with Tantra
Dealing with Problematic Teachers
Applying Sutra-Level Guru-Meditation to a Faulty or Abusive Teacher His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama had two regents during his minority. They taught him extensively and conferred upon him numerous tantric empowerments. They also engaged in a power struggle and had...
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The Dynamics of a Healthy Student-Teacher Relationship
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