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Audio / Video – Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism | |
Level 1: Getting Started | |
General Introductory Material | |
  Integrating Dharma into Our Lives (Bok, Poland, December 2002) | audio + transcript |
 Overview of the Four Noble Truths (Bucharest, Romania, June 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Becoming Convinced of Rebirth: A Personal Story (Freiburg, Germany, February 2003) | audio |
| The Importance of Love, Compassion and Bodhichitta (Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, April 2011) | audio + transcript |
Approaching Study and Meditation | |
 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 |
| Avoiding Mixing Ego with Dharma Practice (Berlin, Germany, September 2004) | audio + transcript |
| The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (Moscow, Russia, November 2012) | video + audio |
| Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (Morelia, Mexico, October 2001) | video + audio + transcript |
| Short Explanation of the Mandala Offering of Request for a Teaching (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) | video + audio + transcript |
| What is Meditation? (Moscow, Russia, June 2010) | video + audio + transcript |
| Main Points Concerning Meditation (Kiev, Ukraine, September 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Meditation Methods (Moscow, Russia, November 2005) | audio + transcript |
| Listening to, Thinking about, and Meditating on the Dharma (Moscow, Russia, May 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Introduction to Ways of Knowing and Debate (Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2003) | audio + transcript |
Level 2: Lam-rim (Graded Stage) Material | |
Overview | |
General | |
| Introductory Survey of Lam-rim (Bucharest, Romania, June 2009) | audio + transcript |
| From the Two Truths, the Four Truths; from the Four Truths, the Three Precious Gems (Kiev, Ukraine, May 2012) | audio + transcript |
| Self-Transformation through the Lam-rim Graded Stages (Morelia, Mexico, October 2008) | video + audio + transcript |
| Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (Berlin, Germany, 23 June 2009 – ongoing) | multiple items audio course |
| The Four Themes of Gampopa as Presented in Drugpa Kagyu by Padmakarpo (Mexico City, Mexico, November 2008) | audio + transcript |
Indian Sources | |
Suhrllekha (Letter to a Friend) - Nagarjuna | |
| Letter to a Friend Audio Course (Berlin, Germany, 7 February 2006 - 23 October 2007) | multiple items audio course |
| Reading of Letter to a Friend | audio |
Chatuhshataka (Four Hundred Verses) - Aryadeva | |
| Reading of Four Hundred Verses | audio |
| Introduction to Four Hundred Verses (Berlin, Germany, June 2007) | audio + transcript |
Bodhicharyavatara (Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior) - Shantideva | |
| Reading of Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior | audio |
Specific Texts | |
Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment - Atisha | |
| Explanation of Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (Prague, Czech Republic, January 2003) | audio + transcript |
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path - Tsongkhapa | |
| Introductory Explanation for Studying Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path (Xalapa, Mexico, April 2004) | audio + transcript |
A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra - Tsongkhapa | |
| A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra (Berlin, Germany, 20 November 2007 – 16 June 2009) | multiple items audio course |
Initial Scope | |
General | |
| How to Meditate on a Precious Human Life (Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2003) | audio + transcript |
| A Practice Session of Analytical Meditation on the Precious Human Life (Morelia, Mexico, October 2001) | video |
| The Relevance of Refuge and Karma in Daily Life (Riga, Latvia, August 2010) | audio + transcript |
Karma | |
| Buddhist Ethical Behavior: A Practical Approach (Moscow, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Overcoming the Compulsiveness of Karma with Ethical Self-Discipline (Berlin, Germany, September 2012) | audio + transcript |
| Explanation of Buddhist Sexual Ethics: An Historical Perspective (Moscow, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
Intermediate Scope | |
| Renunciation: Escape from the World or Constructive Analysis? (Berlin, Germany, March 2010) | audio + transcript |
| Going from Renunciation to Compassion (Morelia, Mexico, October 2008) | audio + transcript |
| The Five Aggregates in the Context of the Four Hallmarks of the Dharma (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) | video + audio + transcript |
| Meditations for Recognizing the Five Aggregates (Morelia, Mexico, April 2006) | audio + transcript |
| The Five Aggregates: Conventional and Deepest Reasons for Their Structure (Seattle, Washington, USA, April 2003) | audio + transcript |
| Overview of the Twelve Links of Dependent Arising (Riga, Latvia, July 2008) | audio + transcript |
| Nirvana and Enlightenment (Moscow, Russia, September 2010) | audio + transcript |
Advanced Scope (Mahayana) | |
Compassion and Bodhichitta | |
| Explanation of the Seven-Part Cause and Effect Quintessence Teaching for Developing Bodhichitta (Seattle, Washington, USA, November 2007) | audio + transcript |
| Instructions for Equalizing and Exchanging Our Attitudes about Self and Others - Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I (Munich, Germany, November 1982) | video |
| Developing Bodhichitta through Equalizing and Exchanging One’s Attitudes about Self and Others (Kostino, Russia, October 2009) | audio + transcript |
| Tonglen (Giving and Taking) in the Context of Equalizing and Exchanging One's Attitudes about Self and Others (Munich, Germany, March 2005) | audio + transcript |
| Equalizing Our Attitudes toward Ourselves: Overcoming Self-Hatred (Moscow, Russia, September 2010) | video + audio + transcript |
| The Difference between Discerning (Analytical) Meditation and Stabilizing Meditation on Compassion (Paris, France, September 2012) | video + audio + transcript |
| Overview of the Six Far-Reaching Attitudes (Six Perfections) (Riga, Latvia, July 2004) | audio + transcript |
Voidness (Emptiness) | |
| Advice for Studying Voidness (Emptiness) (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) | video + audio + transcript |
| Cognizing the Voidness (Emptiness) of the Self in Terms of the Five Aggregates (Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2003) | audio + transcript |
| Voidness and Creativity (Berlin, Germany, October 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Voidness in Terms of Dependent Arising (Riga, Latvia, July 2008) | audio + transcript |
| The Voidness or Total Absence of an Impossible “Me” (Moscow, Russia, November 2005) | audio + transcript |
| Incorrect Consideration and Voidness (Arco, Italy, October 2007) | audio + transcript |
| Explanation of The Heart Sutra (Riga, Latvia, August 2009) | audio + transcript |
Level 3: Lojong (Mind Training) Material | |
General | |
| Self Transformation through Attitude-Training (Morelia, Mexico, October 2008) | video + audio + transcript |
| Dealing with Disturbing Emotions: Attachment (Riga, Latvia, July 2004) | audio + transcript |
| Strategies for Deconstructing Jealousy (Freiburg, Germany, March 2004) | audio + transcript |
| Training Our Attitudes in Daily Life: Nothing Special (Kiev, Ukraine, November 2012) | video + audio + transcript |
The Five Types of Deep Awareness (Five Buddha-Families) | |
| Meditations for Recognizing the Five Types of Deep Awareness (Morelia, Mexico, April 2006) | audio |
| Using the Five Types of Deep Awareness in Daily Life (Freiburg, Germany, February 2003) | audio + transcript |
Specific Texts | |
The Wheel of Sharp Weapons - Dharmarakshita | |
| Reading of Wheel of Sharp Weapons | audio |
| Wheel of Sharp Weapons Audio Course (Berlin, Germany, 16 January 2006 - 16 July 2007) | multiple items audio course |
A Bodhisattva's Garland of Gems - Atisha | |
| Explanation of A Bodhisattva's Garland of Gems (Berlin, Germany, November 2004) | audio + transcript |
Eight-Verse Attitude-Training - Langri-tangpa | |
| Explanation of Eight-Verse Attitude-Training (Berlin, Germany, May 2005) | audio + transcript |
Seven-Point Attitude-Training - Geshe Chaykawa | |
| Explanation of Seven-Point Attitude-Training (Berlin, Germany, June 2004) | audio + transcript |
| The Two Bodhichittas in The Seven-Point Attitude-Training (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) | video + audio + transcript |
Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices - Togmey-zangpo | |
| Reading of Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices | audio |
| Explanation of Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices (Xalapa, Mexico, May 2006) | audio + transcript |
Level 4: Deepening the Understanding of the Path | |
Rebirth and Karma | |
| The Importance of Understanding Rebirth and Believing in It (Morelia, Mexico, June 2000) | video |
| Elaboration of "If Rebirth is Beginningless, Why Haven't We All Become Enlightened Already?" (Hamburg, Germany, November 2011) | audio |
| Details of Karma for Understanding Free Will versus Determinism (Berlin, Germany, July 2005) | audio + transcript |
| Analysis of Free Will versus Determinism (Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2009) | audio + transcript |
Types of Phenomena | |
| Introduction to Buddhist Metaphysics (Knappenberg, Austria, September 2010) | audio |
| Overview of Divisions of Phenomena (Knappenberg, Austria, March 2010) | audio + transcript |
| Overview of Cause and Effect (Knappenberg, Austria, March 2010) | audio + transcript |
Time | |
| The Buddhist Concept of Time (Freiburg, Germany, February 2006) | audio |
| Elaboration of the Buddhist and the Scientific Understandings of the Nature of Time (Berlin, Germany, September 2007) | audio + transcript |
Mind and Mental Factors | |
| Introduction to the Mind and Mental Factors (Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2003) | audio + transcript |
| Recognizing the Basic Factors of Mental Activity (Berlin, Germany, September 2011) | audio + transcript |
| Working with Mental Factors in Daily Life (Riga, Latvia, August 2011) | video + audio + transcript |
Buddha-Nature | |
| Developing the Mind Based on Buddha-Nature (Moscow, Russia, June 2010) | video + audio + transcript |
| Developing Our Buddha-Nature Factors through Sutra and Tantra (Moscow, Russia, April 2011) | video + audio + transcript |
| Overview of Uttaratantra (The Furthest Everlasting Continuum) (Berlin, Germany, October 2005) | audio |
| Buddha-Nature and the Clear Light Mind (Berlin, Germany, October 2006) | audio + transcript |
Types of Meditation | |
| Introduction to the Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths in Sutra and Tantra (Berlin, Germany, October 2006) | audio + transcript |
Level 5: Analysis of the Mind and Reality | |
Cognition Theory | |
Level A: Basics | |
| Seven Ways to Cognize Objects (Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2003) | audio + transcript |
| Overview of Phenomena that Have Objects and Their Objects (Knappenberg, Austria, March 2010) | audio + transcript |
| Overview of Mental Syntheses, Categories, and Individual Items (Knappenberg, Austria, March 2010) | audio + transcript |
| Overview of Identical, Different, Contradictory, and Related Phenomena (Knappenberg, Austria, March 2010) | audio + transcript |
Level B: Fine Analysis | |
| Elaboration of "What Does It Mean to Understand Something?" (Vienna, Austria, March 2012) | video + audio + transcript |
| The Nature of Mental Appearances: Gelug Explanation (Moscow, Russia, June 2008) | audio + transcript |
The Four Indian Buddhist Tenet Systems | |
| The Four Indian Tenet Systems on Voidness (Emptiness) (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) | video + audio + transcript |
Voidness (Emptiness) | |
| The Atman Asserted by the Samkhya and Nyaya Schools That Buddhism Refutes (Berlin, Germany, April 2012) | audio + transcript |
| Explanation of Significant Points Concerning Voidness (Emptiness) made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Toronto, Canada, April 2004) | video + audio + transcript |
| Brief Survey of Self-Voidness and Other-Voidness Views (Morelia, Mexico, April 2006) | audio + transcript |
| Main Points of Self-Voidness and Other-Voidness (Moscow, Russia, June 2007) | audio |
| Negation Phenomena: How to Focus on Voidness (Emptiness) (Berlin, Germany, March 2004) | audio + transcript |
Level 6: Major Indian Mahayana Texts | |
Suhrllekha (Letter to a Friend) - Nagarjuna | |
| Letter to a Friend Audio Course (Berlin, Germany, 7 February 2006 - 23 October 2007) | multiple items audio course |
| Reading of Letter to a Friend | audio |
Chatuhshataka (Four Hundred Verses) - Aryadeva | |
| Reading of Four Hundred Verses | audio |
| Introduction to Four Hundred Verses (Berlin, Germany, June 2007) | audio + transcript |
Uttaratantra (The Furthest Everlasting Continuum) - Maitreya | |
| Overview of Uttaratantra (The Furthest Everlasting Continuum) (Berlin, Germany, October 2005) | audio |
Bodhicharyavatara (Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior) - Shantideva | |
| Reading of Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior | audio |