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Audio / Video – Approaching Buddhism | |
Spiritual Teachers | |
Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche | |
  Becoming Convinced of Rebirth: A Personal Story (Freiburg, Germany, February 2003) | audio + transcript |
| Interview with Alan Turner on Serkong Rinpoche (Mundgod, India, August 2007) | audio + transcript |
| Interview with Alex Berzin on Serkong Rinpoche (Mundgod, India, August 2007) | audio + transcript |
Lineage Masters | |
| Who Was Shakyamuni Buddha? (Knappenberg, Austria, March 2010) | audio + transcript |
| Life of Tsongkhapa (Munich, Germany, December 2003) [some minutes poor quality] | audio + transcript |
The Spiritual Student-Teacher Relationship | |
 Guidelines Concerning the Relationship with a Spiritual Teacher (Moscow, Russia, February 2012) | video + audio + transcript |
| Theory and Practice of Guru-Yoga (Munich, Germany, July 2004) | audio + transcript |
Introduction to Buddhism | |
 Dharma in Daily Life (Morelia, Mexico, June 2000) | video + transcript |
| Using Buddhist Methods to Help Us in Daily Life (Moscow, Russia, September 2010) | video + audio + transcript |
| Integrating Dharma into Our Lives (Bok, Poland, December 2002) | audio + transcript |
| The Three Trainings and Eightfold Path in Daily Life (Kiev, Ukraine, June 2013) | video |
| The Bases for Ethical Behavior (Lagan, Kalmykia, Russia, April 2011) | audio + transcript |
| The Role of Ethics on the Path of Social Service (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, April 2010) | audio + transcript |
| Overview of the Four Noble Truths (Bucharest, Romania, June 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Advice on Practicing Buddhism in the West (Moscow, Russia, November 2005) | audio + transcript |
| Daily Life and Practice of Western Buddhists (Riga, Latvia, July 2008) | audio + transcript |
| What is Meditation? (Moscow, Russia, June 2010) | video + audio + transcript |
| Main Points Concerning Meditation (Kiev, Ukraine, September 2011) | audio + transcript |
| The Importance of Love, Compassion and Bodhichitta (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, April 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Elaboration of “Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional and Devotional” (Morelia, Mexico, October 2001) | video + audio |
| Approaching the Dharma in a Balanced Way (Seattle, Washington, USA, April 2003) | audio + transcript |
| Common Misunderstandings about Buddhism (Berlin, Germany, November 2010) | audio + transcript |
Buddhism in the World Today | |
| Why People Are Attracted to Buddhism in the Present World (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, April 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Authenticity of Spiritual Traditions and Teachers (Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 1993) | video |
| The Relevance of Buddhism in the Modern World (Kiev, Ukraine, September 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Distinguishing Dharma from Asian Culture (Berlin, Germany, July 2010) | audio + transcript |
| The Challenges for Buddhism in the Twenty-first Century (Moscow State Institute for International Relations, Moscow, Russia, October 2012) | video + audio + transcript |
| Buddhist Science, Psychology, and Religion (Sofia, Bulgaria, 2012) | video + audio + transcript |
| Nonviolence and Spiritual Values in the Modern World (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, April 13, 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Applying Buddhist Principles for the Age of Social Media (New Delhi, India, January 2011) | audio + transcript |
| How to Live and Work in a Multireligious Society (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, April 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Advice on Combining Yoga with Buddhist Practice (Moscow, Russia, June 2010) | audio + transcript |
Modern Adaptation of Buddhism | |
Recommendations | |
Buddhism in the West | |
| The Art of Translating Traditional Asian Languages and Cultures into Modern Languages (Sofia, Bulgaria, April 2012) | audio + transcript |
| Methodology for Translating Buddhist Texts from Tibetan and Sanskrit into Modern Languages (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Influence of Geshe Wangyal on Combining Buddhist Practice and Buddhology (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Personal Experience of Combining Buddhist Practice and Buddhology (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Why I Began the Berzin Archives (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) | video + audio + transcript |
| Reflections on the Interaction of Buddhist Philosophy and Other Philosophies (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Advice for the Tengyur Translation Project on the Model of Berzin Archives (Sarnath, India, January 2011) | audio + transcript |
Mongolia and the Central Asian Republics | |
| Challenges for Reviving Buddhism in Kalmykia (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Interview for Buddhism in Kalmykia Concerning the Revival of Buddhism in Kalmykia (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
Sensitivity Training | |
| Overview of Sensitivity Training (Riga, Latvia, August 2011) | video + audio + transcript |
| Sensitivity Training to Quiet the Mind (Morelia, Mexico, October 2001) | video |
| Introduction to "Integrating the Various Aspects of One's Life" (Moscow, Russia, October 2012) | video + audio |
| Exercises For Integrating One's Life (Morelia, Mexico, November 2008) | audio + transcript |
| Using the Five Types of Deep Awareness in Daily Life (Freiburg, Germany, February 2003) | audio + transcript |
| Equalizing Our Attitudes toward Ourselves: Overcoming Self-Hatred (Moscow, Russia, September 2010) | video + audio + transcript |