- NDC601 Life of Shakyamuni Buddha
- NDC602 3 Turnings of Wheel of Dharma
- NDC 603 The Four Noble Truths
- NDC 604 — Wheel of Life and Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
- NDC605 4 Seals of Buddhism
- NDC606 Buddhist Psychology
- NDC 607 — Bodhicitta — Two Methods for Cultivation and Four Immeasurables
- NDC 608 — The Practice of Six/Ten Perfections
- NDC 609 — Five Aggregates, Twelve Sources, Eighteen Elements
- NDC 610 — Five/Fifteen Paths to Enlightenment
- NDC611 Tenet Systems
- NDC612 Wisdom of Emptiness
- NDC 613 — The Graded Path to Enlightenment (Lamrim)
- NDC 614 — Introduction to Buddhist Logic
- NDC 615 — Hermeneutics (Interpretative and Definite Meanings of Buddha’s Teachings)
- NDC616 Features of Meditation
- NDC617 Buddha Nature
- NDC 618 — Thirty Seven Harmonious Paths to Enlightenment
- NDC 619 — Four Fruits and Eight Sangha Members
- NDC 620 — Overview of Four Tibetan Buddhist Schools
- NDC 621 — Overview of Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism
- NDC 622 — Presentation of Kayas of Buddha
Heart Sutra
TADYATHĀ (OṂ) GATEY GATEY PĀRAGATEY PĀRASAṂGATEY BODHI SVĀHĀ
> Go, go, go utterly beyond, go, and establish enlightenment!
“From from tears to fearlessness!”, or “Become happier and happier”.
The yardstick for our success in our spiritual practice is: as we age to become happier and happier.
Purpose of Life
The Purpose Of Life: (1) minimize misery (2) maximize meaningful happiness (ease, fullfillment).
Learn Slowly
Learn! Don’t be too quick to accept, don’t be too quick to reject (unless you are convienced, through analysis).
— Geshe Dorji Damdul La
Absorb, work on knowing, rather than judging. “Oh it doesn’t make any sense” is knowledge destroyer.
Why Dedicating
Just as when winning money, we think about how we use this money. Same with this knowledge. In what way are we going to action this result?
Compassion
(Compassion = Being of service to others) = Being of service to yourself
Overusing Buddhism
A lady was trying to provoke Geshe-la by announcing she abandoned Buddhism. Geshe-la was answering “It’s OK” all the time, but she kept repeating her decision — clearly expecting a why? Then Geshe-la asked why. “Because I have been praying the Buddha and other deities and I was expecting help with X, Y and Z and neither of these things happened”. Geshe-la says:
If you are sick go to the doctor, don’t go to the Buddha!
Teach on Request
Buddhism Doesn't Have Missionaries
Other religions might encourage spreading the word and teachings that conform it. Buddhism seems to disallow it, and it has been explicitly said that Buddhism cannot be taught unless someone requests it.
That’s why when Buddha was enlightened he says he went back to the woods, instead of spreading the precious teachings. It was some time after that Indra and Brahma prompted him Please turn the Wheel of Dharma.
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