Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism – Level 2: Lam-rim (Graded Stage) Material |
Overview |
General |
| Following the Dharma and Avoiding Suffering - Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I | medium | transcript |
| Overview of the Lam-rim Graded Pathways of Mind - Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I | medium | transcript |
| Advice from His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on Teaching Lam-rim | short | interview |
| Lam-rim Structured According to the Four Noble Truths | short | transcript |
| The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to the Dharma | medium | transcript |
| Comparison of the "Dharma-Lite" and "Real Thing Dharma" Versions of Lam-rim | long | transcript |
Specific Texts |
Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment - Atisha |
| Text of Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment | medium | translation |
Explanation of Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (Prague, Czech Republic, January 2003) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (5.3 MB) | Higher Quality (11 MB) | 0:46 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (7 MB) | Higher Quality (14.5 MB) | 1:01 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 3 Lower Quality (6.3 MB) | Higher Quality (13.1 MB) | 0:54 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 4 Lower Quality (3.2 MB) | Higher Quality (6.8 MB) | 0:28 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 5 Lower Quality (6.8 MB) | Higher Quality (14.3 MB) | 0:59 hours | mp3 audio |
The Abbreviated Points of the Graded Path - Tsongkhapa |
| Text of The Abbreviated Points of the Graded Path | medium | translation |
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path - Tsongkhapa |
| Text of The Three Principal Aspects of the Path | short | translation |
| A Short Commentary on The Three Principal Aspects of the Path - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama | medium | transcript |
The Foundation for Good Qualties - Tsongkhapa |
| Text of The Foundation for Good Qualties | short | translation |
Explanation of The Foundation for Good Qualities - Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I |
| Session One: The Spiritual Master and a Precious Human Rebirth | medium | transcript |
| Session Two: Further Points Concerning a Precious Human Rebirth, and Death and Impermanence | medium | transcript |
| Session Three: Further Detail about Safe Direction and Behavioral Cause and Effect | medium | transcript |
| Session Four: The Intermediate Scope of Motivation | medium | transcript |
| Session Five: An Aspiring Dedicated Heart of Bodhichitta | medium | transcript |
| Session Six: An Engaged Dedicated Heart of Bodhichitta | medium | transcript |
A Prayer for Constructive (Actions) in the Beginning, Middle, and End - Tsongkhapa |
Text of A Prayer for Constructive (Actions) in the Beginning, Middle, and End |
| 1969 Loose Poetic Translation | short | translation |
| 2006 Precise Poetic Translation | short | translation |
Initial Scope |
General |
General Introduction to the Initial Scope Teachings of the Graded Path (Lam-rim) - Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I |
| Day One: Spiritual Teachers, Precious Human Life, Death and Impermanence | medium | transcript |
| Day Two: Karma and Refuge | medium | transcript |
| How to Meditate on a Precious Human Life (Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2003) Lower Quality (5.4 MB) | Higher Quality (11 MB) | 0:47 hours | mp3 audio |
Safe Direction (Refuge) |
| Identifying the Objects of Safe Direction (Refuge) | short | essay |
| The Thirty-two Excellent Signs (Major Marks) of a Buddha's Enlightening Body | short | book excerpt |
| The Sixty-four Qualities of a Buddha's Enlightening Speech | short | book excerpt |
| The Qualities of a Buddha's Omniscient Deep Awareness | short | book excerpt |
| The Qualities of a Buddha's Enlightening Influence | short | book excerpt |
| The Twelve Enlightening Deeds of a Buddha | short | book excerpt |
| The Twelve Scriptural Categories - L.T. Doboom Tulku | medium | book excerpt |
| The Three Divisions of Buddha's Enlightening Words | short | essay |
| The Qualities of the Arya Sangha | short | book excerpt |
Karma |
| Introductory Lecture on Karma | medium | transcript |
| The Buddhist Concept of Merit: Does Happiness Need To Be Earned? | medium | transcript |
| Brief Presentation of the Main Points about Karma | medium | transcript |
Examining Karma Immediately after 9/11 |
| Session One: Karmic Bingo | medium | transcript |
| Session Two: The Fundamental Features of Karma | medium | transcript |
| Session Three: The Laws and Varieties of Karma | medium | transcript |
| Refraining from Destructive Behavior | chapter | eBook |
| Introduction to Buddhist Sexual Ethics: Having Sex with Someone Else's Partner | long | transcript |
| Issues in Buddhist Sexual Ethics | long | transcript |
The Mechanism of Karma: The Mahayana Presentation, Except for Gelug Prasangika |
| Session One: Clearing Away Extraneous Conceptions about Karma | medium | transcript |
| Session Two: Mental Factors Associated with Karma | medium | transcript |
| Session Three: The Aftermath of Karma | medium | transcript |
| Session Four: Further Samsara | medium | transcript |
| Chart for Understanding Karma | short | chart |
Karma: Free Will versus Determinism (Berlin, Germany, July 2005) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (4.8 MB) | Higher Quality (9.6 MB) | 0:42 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (6.3 MB) | Higher Quality (12.2 MB) | 0:55 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 3 Lower Quality (3.5 MB) | Higher Quality (6.8 MB) | 0:30 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 4 Lower Quality (2.7 MB) | Higher Quality (5.4 MB) | 0:23 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 5 Lower Quality (3 MB) | Higher Quality (6 MB) | 0:26 hours | mp3 audio |
Intermediate Scope |
| Milarepa Songs of Nonattachment to Family, Friends, and Wealth - Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey | short | transcript |
| Renunciation - The Determination to Be Free | short | transcript |
| Basic Scheme of the Five Aggregate Factors of Experience | short | sketch |
The Five Aggregates: Conventional and Deepest Reasons for Their Structure (Seattle, Washington, USA, April 2003) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (4.9 MB) | Higher Quality (10 MB) | 0:43 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (6.7 MB) | Higher Quality (12.2 MB) | 0:54 hours | mp3 audio |
| Brief Introduction to the Four Noble Truths - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama | medium | transcript |
The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising |
| Day One: Unawareness | medium | transcript |
| Day Two: The First Seven Links | medium | transcript |
| Day Three: The Last Five Links and the Mechanism of Samsara | medium | transcript |
Advanced Scope (Mahayana) |
Compassion and Bodhichitta |
| Compassion as the Source of Happiness - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama | short | transcript |
| Compassion Based on Biology and Reason - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama | short | transcript |
| The Compassionate Heart of Bodhichitta | long | book excerpt |
| Seven-Part Cause and Effect Quintessence Teaching for Developing Bodhichitta | medium | transcript |
Explanation of the Seven-Part Cause and Effect Quintessence Teaching for Developing Bodhichitta (Seattle, Washington, USA, November 2007) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (12.5 MB) | Higher Quality (25.1 MB) | 1:49 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (10.2 MB) | Higher Quality (20.5 MB) | 1:30 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 3 Lower Quality (11.7 MB) | Higher Quality (23.5 MB) | 1:43 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 4 Lower Quality (8.6 MB) | Higher Quality (17.1 MB) | 1:15 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 5 Lower Quality (10.2 MB) | Higher Quality (20.4 MB) | 1:29 hours | mp3 audio |
| Equalizing and Exchanging One's Attitudes about Self and Others - Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I | medium | translation |
| Accepting Suffering and Giving Happiness | chapter | eBook |
Tonglen (Giving and Taking) in the Context of Equalizing and Exchanging One's Attitudes about Self and Others (Munich, Germany, March 2005) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (6 MB) | Higher Quality (11.1 MB) | 0:52 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (6.1 MB) | Higher Quality (11.1 MB) | 0:52 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 3 Lower Quality (5.1 MB) | Higher Quality (9.2 MB) | 0:44 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 4 Lower Quality (6.4 MB) | Higher Quality (11.7 MB) | 0:55 hours | mp3 audio |
| Stages of Bodhichitta | short | essay |
| The Four Immeasurable Attitudes in Hinayana, Mahayana, and Bon | long | essay |
| The Ten Far-Reaching Attitudes in Theravada, Mahayana, and Bon | short | essay |
| Comparison of Tibetan Buddhist Division Schemes of the Six Far-Reaching Attitudes | short | essay |
| Developing Ethical Self-Discipline | medium | transcript |
Concentration |
| General Presentation of Shamatha and Vipashyana | short | sketch |
| Concentration Terminology | short | sketch |
| Objects of Focus for Developing Shamatha and Vipashyana | medium | sketch |
| Achieving Shamatha | medium | sketch |
| Extraphysical and Extrasensory Powers | medium | transcript |
| The Five Extrasensory Eyes and Six Types of Advanced Awareness | short | article |
Voidness (Emptiness) |
| Introduction to Voidness and Mental Labeling | medium | transcript |
Introduction to Meditation on Voidness (Emptiness) |
| Session One: The Basics for Understanding Voidness | medium | transcript |
| Session Two: Identifying the False "Me" | medium | transcript |
| Session Three: Subtler Levels of a False "Me" | medium | transcript |
| Session Four: Misconceptions Based on Belief in a False "Me" | medium | transcript |
| Session Five: The Four-Point Analysis Meditation on Voidness | medium | transcript |
| Advice for Studying Voidness (Emptiness) (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) Lower Quality (5.2 MB) | Higher Quality (8.7 MB) | 0:45 hours | mp3 audio |
Cognizing the Voidness (Emptiness) of the Self in Terms of the Five Aggregates (Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2003) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (8.2 MB) | Higher Quality (16.4 MB) | 1:11 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (7.5 MB) | Higher Quality (15 MB) | 1:05 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 3 Lower Quality (3 MB) | Higher Quality (7.5 MB) | 0:30 hours | mp3 audio |
The Voidness or Total Absence of an Impossible “Me” (Moscow, Russia, November 2005) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (4.5 MB) | Higher Quality (9.1 MB) | 0:40 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (4.4 MB) | Higher Quality (8.7 MB) | 0:38 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 3 Lower Quality (3.5 MB) | Higher Quality (7.7 MB) | 0:30 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 4 Lower Quality (4.8 MB) | Higher Quality (9.6 MB) | 0:41 hours | mp3 audio |
Incorrect Consideration of Voidness (Arco, Italy, October 2007) |
| Part 1 Lower Quality (4.9 MB) | Higher Quality (9.9 MB) | 0:43 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 2 Lower Quality (4.7 MB) | Higher Quality (9.3 MB) | 0:41 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 3 Lower Quality (4 MB) | Higher Quality (8 MB) | 0:35 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 4 Lower Quality (2.6 MB) | Higher Quality (5.1 MB) | 0:22 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 5 Lower Quality (5.7 MB) | Higher Quality (10.1 MB) | 0:44 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 6 Lower Quality (4.7 MB) | Higher Quality (9.5 MB) | 0:41 hours | mp3 audio |
| Part 7 Lower Quality (4.7 MB) | Higher Quality (9.4 MB) | 0:41 hours | mp3 audio |
| The Heart Sutra | short | translation |
| Introduction to In Praise of Dependent Arising by Tsongkhapa | short | essay |
| In Praise of Dependent Arising - Tsongkhapa | medium | translation |