Series · 3 parts
Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama · 4h 23m in all
Three days at Bodh Gaya in which the Dalai Lama teaches the Sutra on the Four Noble Truths and the Rice Seedling Sutra, with English translation.
Over three days at Bodh Gaya the Dalai Lama sketches the three turnings of the wheel and places the Four Noble Truths in the first, argues for testing the teaching by reason, and links emptiness to the Heart Sutra. Day 2 reads the Rice Seedling Sutra; Day 3 adds a bodhichitta ceremony, refuge and mantra transmissions.
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Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination, Day 1Day 1 of a three-day Bodh Gaya teaching on the Sutra on the Four Noble Truths and the Rice Seedling Sutra, given mainly for Indian students, with English translation.1:36:54 · ✓ Played - 2
Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination, Day 2Day 2 of a three-day Bodh Gaya teaching: the mind and its afflictions, emptiness in the Heart Sutra, and the first half of the Rice Seedling Sutra, with English translation.1:30:16 · ✓ Played - 3
Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination, Day 3Day 3 of the Bodh Gaya teaching: a bodhichitta ceremony with refuge and a short meditation on emptiness, mantra transmissions, and the close of the Rice Seedling Sutra.1:15:28 · ✓ Played
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