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  • Sherab Nyingpo Ep 1 - Heart Sutra by Khenpo Karma Tseten - 1
    The Heart Sutra(བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ) is the most widely known sutra of the Mahayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is part of the Prajnaparamita Sutras, which is a collection of about 40 sutras composed between 100 BCE and 500 CE. The Heart Sutra is a presentation of profound wisdom on the nature of emptiness.
    The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness (śūnyatā), emptiness is form." It is a condensed exposé on the Buddhist Mahayana teaching of the Two Truths doctrine, which says that ultimately all phenomena are sunyata, empty of an unchanging essence. This emptiness is a 'characteristic' of all phenomena, and not a transcendent reality, but also "empty" of essence of its own. Specifically, it is a response to Sarvastivada's teachings that "phenomena" or its constituents are real.
    It has been called "the most frequently used and recited text in the entire Mahayana Buddhist tradition." The text has been translated into English dozens of times from Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan as well as other source languages.
    Khenpo Karma Tseten is a scholar and a dharma teacher based in Rumtek Shedra, Sikkim
    43 min
  • The Eight Verses for Training the Mind by HH the Dalai Lama Ep. 4

    Generating the Mind for Enlightenment

    For those who admire the spiritual ideals of the Eight verses on Transforming the Mind it is helpful to recite the following verses for generating the mind for enlightenment. Practicing Buddhists should recite the verses and reflect upon the meaning of the words, while trying to enhance their altruism and compassion. Those of you who are practitioners of other religious traditions can draw from your own spiritual teachings, and try to commit yourselves to cultivating altruistic thoughts in pursuit of the altruistic ideal.

    With a wish to free all beings I shall always go for refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha until I reach full enlightenment.

    Enthused by wisdom and compassion, today in the Buddha’s presence I generate the Mind for Full Awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings.

    As long as space endures, as long as sentient being remain, until then, may I too remain and dispel the miseries of the world.

    In conclusion, those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other religious traditions, I would like to say, “Please practice your own religion seriously and sincerely.” And to non-believers, I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness. As I have mentioned before, taking care of others actually benefits you. read more

    https://www.dalailama.com/teachings/training-the-mind



    9 min
  • The Eight Verses for Training the Mind by HH the Dalai Lama Ep. 3

    Generating the Mind for Enlightenment

    For those who admire the spiritual ideals of the Eight verses on  Transforming the Mind it is helpful to recite the following verses for  generating the mind for enlightenment. Practicing Buddhists should  recite the verses and reflect upon the meaning of the words, while  trying to enhance their altruism and compassion. Those of you who are  practitioners of other religious traditions can draw from your own  spiritual teachings, and try to commit yourselves to cultivating  altruistic thoughts in pursuit of the altruistic ideal.

    With a wish to free all beings

    I shall always go for refuge
    to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
    until I reach full enlightenment.

    Enthused by wisdom and compassion,

    today in the Buddha’s presence
    I generate the Mind for Full Awakening
    for the benefit of all sentient beings.

    As long as space endures,

    as long as sentient being remain,
    until then, may I too remain
    and dispel the miseries of the world.

    In conclusion, those who like myself, consider themselves to be  followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of  other religious traditions, I would like to say, “Please practice your  own religion seriously and sincerely.” And to non-believers, I request  you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental  attitudes actually bring us happiness. As I have mentioned before,  taking care of others actually benefits you. read more

    https://www.dalailama.com/teachings/training-the-mind


    12 min
  • The Eight Verses for Training the Mind by HH the Dalai Lama Ep. 2

    Generating the Mind for Enlightenment

    For those who admire the spiritual ideals of the Eight verses on  Transforming the Mind it is helpful to recite the following verses for  generating the mind for enlightenment. Practicing Buddhists should  recite the verses and reflect upon the meaning of the words, while  trying to enhance their altruism and compassion. Those of you who are  practitioners of other religious traditions can draw from your own  spiritual teachings, and try to commit yourselves to cultivating  altruistic thoughts in pursuit of the altruistic ideal.

    With a wish to free all beings

    I shall always go for refuge
    to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
    until I reach full enlightenment.

    Enthused by wisdom and compassion,

    today in the Buddha’s presence
    I generate the Mind for Full Awakening
    for the benefit of all sentient beings.

    As long as space endures,

    as long as sentient being remain,
    until then, may I too remain
    and dispel the miseries of the world.

    In conclusion, those who like myself, consider themselves to be  followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of  other religious traditions, I would like to say, “Please practice your  own religion seriously and sincerely.” And to non-believers, I request  you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental  attitudes actually bring us happiness. As I have mentioned before,  taking care of others actually benefits you.

    read more

    https://www.dalailama.com/teachings/training-the-mind

    11 min
  • The Eight Verses for Training the Mind by HH the Dalai Lama Ep. 1

    Generating the Mind for Enlightenment

    For those who admire the spiritual ideals of the Eight verses on Transforming the Mind it is helpful to recite the following verses for generating the mind for enlightenment. Practicing Buddhists should recite the verses and reflect upon the meaning of the words, while trying to enhance their altruism and compassion. Those of you who are practitioners of other religious traditions can draw from your own spiritual teachings, and try to commit yourselves to cultivating altruistic thoughts in pursuit of the altruistic ideal.

    With a wish to free all beings I shall always go for refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha until I reach full enlightenment.

    Enthused by wisdom and compassion, today in the Buddha’s presence I generate the Mind for Full Awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings.

    As long as space endures, as long as sentient being remain, until then, may I too remain and dispel the miseries of the world.

    In conclusion, those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other religious traditions, I would like to say, “Please practice your own religion seriously and sincerely.” And to non-believers, I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness. As I have mentioned before, taking care of others actually benefits you. read more

    https://www.dalailama.com/teachings/training-the-mind



    1 min

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