Covering the sections "The Four Truths of the Aryas" and "Dependent Arising and Emptiness."

Continuing Chapter 2 and covering the section “Body, Mind, Rebirth and Self.”

Beginning Chapter 2 “The Buddhist View of Life” and covering the section “What Is Mind?”

Finishing Chapter 1, Exploring Buddhism, focusing on the value of a broad perspective when beginning to learn about Buddhism.

Teaching on Chapter One: Exploring Buddhism, looking at the relationship between Buddhism, science and other religions.

Covering the Prologue by His Holiness on what it means to be a 21st Century Buddhist and starting the Preface, which lays out the history and purpose.

Covering the final sections that include the divisions of insight, how to meditate on insight, and the measure of having achieved insight by meditation.

Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review of the four point analysis meditation on emptiness, with focus on the first point of identifying the object of negation.

Teaching on the relationship between the two truths.

Continuing to teach on emptiness, introducing the division of "real" and "unreal."