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A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra – or, more literally, A Brief Indication of the Graded Pathway Minds (Lam-gyi rim-pa mdo-tsam-du bstan-pa) – is an overview of the most important points for sutra and tantra meditation. It was written in Tibet by Tsongkhapa, the late fourteenth century C.E. founder of the Gelug tradition. The text is in the form of a letter sent in response to a request for further instruction by his friend, the renunciate meditator Konchog-tsultrim (dKon-mchog tshul-khrims), with whom Tsongkhapa exchanged many teachings. In this letter, Tsongkhapa explains with great clarity how to meditate on the various points of both the graded sutra path (lam-rim) and tantra. In particular, he explains how to visualize oneself as a Buddha-figure and how to meditate on voidness (emptiness).
Here, we present the unedited recordings of the weekly classes on the text, taught by Dr. Alexander Berzin in Berlin, Germany. We ask the listener’s patience with the varying quality of the recordings.
The recordings are available as direct download and as podcast in two different quality levels:
A translation of the text, on which this course is based, is being prepared. That translation will be available from this page as soon as it is completed.
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