Host Kunsang Dolma invites Lamas, Geshes and other experts on Tibetan culture to discuss the ideas of Buddhism and its influence on Tibetan life, culture and politics. Kunsang la also discusses and plays excerpts from the Dalai Lama’s talks to audiences around the world. Listener emails and feedbacks are always welcome. Contact us at kdolma@voanews.com
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Sunday, 08 January 2012
Life story of Milarepa (1)
Narrated by Khenpo Tsultrim Buddhist teacher at Drikhung Kagyu Buddhist Center in Maryland.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012
Life story of Milarepa (2)
Narrated by Khenpo Tsultrim Buddhist teacher at Drikhung Kagyu Buddhist Center in Maryland.
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
Life story of Milarepa (3)
Narrated by Khenpo Tsultrim Buddhist teacher at Drikhung Kagyu Buddhist Center in Maryland.
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Sunday, 29 January 2012
Life story of Milarepa (4)
Narrated by Khenpo Tsultrim Buddhist teacher at Drikhung Kagyu Buddhist Center in Maryland.
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Saturday, 17 December 2011
Tong-len practice
This part of the interview series with Geshe Lobsang Dawa focuses on the practice of ‘Tong-len'. This Tibetan Buddhist practice focuses on a key component and goal of Tibetan cultural practices, which is to become sentized to the pain of others in order to cultivate deep empathy and compassion for others. Geshe Dawa-la says that Tong-len means "giving and receiving", and that during Tong-len practice, the goal is to experience or receive the suffering of others, and also to try to offer or give them all of our love, joy, well -being and peace. He goes on to say that one moving technique for cultivating compassionate feeling is to imagine one of your dearest and nearest one, such as your parent or your only child, is in a painful situation which naturally would open your heart and awaken compassion in you. Extending this compassion to all sentient beings is called Tong-len practice.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Meditation on Exchanging Self with Others
Geshe Lobsang Dawa explains Buddhist concept of “Bodhicitta.” He explains the meaning of Bodhicitta practice based on Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. He says that according to Mahayana Buddhist practice, Bodhicitta is a key element for successful Dharma practice. Bodhichitta is known as the wish fulfilling jewel where one engages in deep compassion in helping all sentient beings to overcome suffering and causes of suffering.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Benefits of Bodichitta Practice
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, teacher at the Buddhist school of dialectics in Dharamsala, India, on the importance and benefits of practicing Bodhichitta. It refers to the wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. Geshe Dawa-la says to be a Mahayana Buddhist practitioner, one should not be self-centered and try to practice altruism.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Sukhavati Sadhana
Khenpo Karten, a resident Buddhist teacher in Portland, Oregon, explains the lineage of 'Sukhavati Sadhana' practices and ways of practicing by lay people. Khenpo Karten says, the Sukhavati Sadhana practice originated from Buddha Amitabha, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani and later were passed down to Arya Nagarjuna and Guru Padmasambhava. Through them the lineage were passed onto Tibetan Lamas such as Paltru Jigme Choki Wangpo and Khanchen Pema Namgyal. Khenpo Karten's teachers received the linage from these Tibetan lamas. He says that to practice Sukhavati Sadhana, there are four causes: First is to keep a paradise in mind, second is to accumulate unlimited virtues, and third is to generate the awakening of Bodhisattva and lastly, fourth is the dedication of merits and prayers.
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Sunday, 20 November 2011
Introduction of Buddhism for Tibetans in Portland
Pema Choephel, a resident of Portland had organized special introductory lessons on Buddhism in the Tibetan community for a month. Following the Dalai Lama’s advice of studying and understanding the Buddhist teachings, Pema Choephel took initiative to hold the lesson by requesting Khenpo Karten to give the teachings. Khenpo Karten is a well-known teacher who has Buddhist centers in California and Massachusetts.
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Sunday, 13 November 2011
Chod (Part IV)
Lama Wangdu says the origin of Chod practice could be traced to Indian Buddhist saints. These roots are known as the 'Four Great Chod Tributaries' from India. They are Aryadeva's Tsik Chod (meaning of the words), Naropa's ro-nyon (fair taste), Padma Sambhava's trin chod (purifying the obstacles) and Pha-Dampa-Sangay's shije (pacifying the suffering). All these lineages were later propagated and taught by Machig Labdron in Tibet.
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Sunday, 06 November 2011
Chod (Part III)
Interview with Lama Pema Wangdu about his practice of Chod, a special ritual in Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Wangdu says that when he was in Tibet, his guru would send him to hundreds of cemeteries to practice Chod to visualize and meditate on dismemberment of his own body and offer them to an assembly of protectors and all sentient beings, including demons and spirits.
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Sunday, 30 October 2011
Chod (Part II)
Interview with Lama Pema Wangdu, a Chod practitioner and follower of Machig Labdron. Machig was a renowned Tibetan Tantric Buddhist practitioner and a teacher. She is said to be a re-incarnation of another great yogi Khando Yeshi Tsogyal and Arya Tara. Her guru was an Indian Yogi known as Pha-Dhampa Sangyal. Lama Wangdu says Machig Labdron's Chod practice has been widespread all over Tibet since her life time.
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Sunday, 23 October 2011
Chod (Part I)
Interview with Lama Wangdu Norbu, master of Chod practitioner, about the meaning and origins of Chod. Lama Wangdu was born in Dingri,Tibet, near the Mt. Everest region in 1936. He began studying with his guru, Nabdra Rinpoche, when he was 8. Since then he has been practicing Chod, and has established a monastery in Nepal.
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Thursday, 13 October 2011
Buddhism for Public (Part II)
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics in Dharamsala, talks about his special Buddhism classes for the public. Geshe Lobsang’s Buddhism classes for the public first began in 2005 in Dharamsala with about 60-70 students, but today, the class has about 200 students from all walks of life.
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Sunday, 09 October 2011
Buddhism for Public
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics in Dharamsala, talks about his special Buddhism classes for the public. Geshe Lobsang’s Buddhism classes for the public first began in 2005 in Dharamsala with about 60-70 students, but today, the class has about 200 students from all walks of life.
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Sunday, 02 October 2011
Emptiness (Part V)
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics, in Dharamsala on the Buddhist concept of "emptiness."
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Monday, 26 September 2011
Emptiness (Part IV)
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics, in Dharamsala on the Buddhist concept of "emptiness."
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
Emptiness (Part III)
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics, in Dharamsala on the Buddhist concept of "emptiness."
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Sunday, 11 September 2011
Emptiness (Part II)
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics, in Dharamsala on the Buddhist concept of "emptiness."
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Sunday, 04 September 2011
Emptiness (Part I)
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics, in Dharamsala on the Buddhist concept of "emptiness."
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Sunday, 28 August 2011
Four Noble Truths (Part III)
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher of Buddhist Schools of Dialectics in Dharamsala, India, explains the Buddhist concept of the four noble truths: the truth of suffering, the cause of suffering, and the cessation of suffering and the path of ending suffering.
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Sunday, 21 August 2011
Four Noble Truth (Part II)
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher of Buddhist Schools of Dialectics in Dharamsala, India, explains the Buddhist concept of the four noble truths: the truth of suffering, the cause of suffering, and the cessation of suffering and the path of ending suffering.
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Sunday, 07 August 2011
Four Noble Truths (Part I)
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher of Buddhist Schools of Dialectics in Dharamsala, India, explains the Buddhist concept of the four noble truths: the truth of suffering, the cause of suffering, and the cessation of suffering and the path of ending suffering.
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Monday, 01 August 2011
Two Truths
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at the Buddhist School of Dialectics in Dharamsala explains the Buddhist concept of Two Truths. He says that every existing thing and every phenomena has two natures: a conventional truth and an ultimate truth, or a relative aspect and an absolute aspect. The absolute or ultimate truth is the inherent nature of how things really are. The conventional or relative is how things appear.
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Sunday, 24 July 2011
Kalchakra (Part IV)
Interview with Geshe Tenzin Dhargya, Director of Tibet Center at Huttenburg in Austria, about the recently concluded the Kalachakra Initiation in Washington, DC. In this last part of the series, Geshe Dhargyal explains how to implement the teachings given by the Dalai Lama. He also says that one has to practice Bodhichitta, by developing a loving, altruistic and a compassionate mind to all sentient beings after receiving this rare and sacred initiation.
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Kalchakra (Part III)
Interview with Geshe Tenzin Dhargya, Director of Tibet Center at Huttenburg in Austria about the ongoing Kalachakra Initiation in Washington DC.
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Sunday, 10 July 2011
Kalachakra (Part II)
Interview with Geshe Tenzin Dhargya, Director of Tibet Center at Huttenburg in Austria, about the ongoing Kalachakra Initiation in Washington, DC.
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Sunday, 03 July 2011
Kalachakra (Part I)
Interview with Geshe Tenzin Dhargya, Director of Tibet Center at Huttenburg in Austria, about the ongoing Kalachakra Initiation in Washington, DC.
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
Emptiness and Interdependent Origination
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist School of Dialectics in Dharamsala, about the concept of emptiness and interdependent origin in Buddhism. Geshe Dawa gives a detailed explanation of the two concepts and explains the inter-relation of the two concepts.
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Sunday, 19 June 2011
Seeking Refuge to Three Jewels (Part II)
Continuation of Kunsang Dolma's interview with Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at Buddhist Dialectics school in Dharamsala, India. Geshe La gives an expanded and a more detailed explanation on the methods of seeking refuge to Three Jewels. He says that it is very important to understand the meaning of "Interdependent Origination" before understanding the concept of emptiness. " He who sees interdependent origination sees the Dharma, and he who sees Dharma sees the Buddha," said Geshe Dawala.
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Sunday, 12 June 2011
Seeking Refuge to Three Jewels though Emptiness
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Monday, 06 June 2011
Saka Dawa (Part II)
Geshe Lobsang Dawa-la says that if a person engages in good deeds or thoughts during Saka Dawa, then his/her merit will multiply many folds. Such merits, he said will contribute to a his/her growth towards liberation. Therefore, one has to be careful of not committing any sins during this particular month, he says.
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Sunday, 29 May 2011
Saka Dawa
Kunsang Doma interviewed Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher of a Tibetan Dialectics School at Dharamsala, about Saka Dawa, the holiest month in the Tibetan calendar. Geshe La says the Saka Daw or Vesak festival starts on June 2, 2011. Saka Dawa is observed during the entire fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. The seventh day of Saka Dawa is the day of the historical Buddha's birth for Tibetans. However, the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and entry into Nirvana at his death are observed together on the 15 day of Saka Dawa. Saka Dawa is also a peak time for doing good deeds,
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Sunday, 22 May 2011
Seeking Refuge
Geshe Lobsang Dawa explans medium level of seeking refuge to Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Geshe Dawa says that taking refuge in the three jewels is the first lesson for the Buddha's followers. If a person chooses to be a Buddhist, one must take refuge in three jewels with wholeheartedly and sincerely. After taking the refugee, even if a person doesn't get enlightened in this life time, one is more likely to have favorable conditions for awakening in the near future. Geshe Lobsang Dawa is a teacher of Tibetan Buddhist Dialectics Institute in Dharamsala, India.
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Sunday, 15 May 2011
Spiritual Sickness
Geshe Lobsang Dawa provides the medium-level explanation of
seeking refuge to three jewels.
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Sunday, 08 May 2011
Introduction of Three Jewels
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at the Buddhist School of Dialectics in Dharamsala, India talks about how one can be a Buddhist. Geshe Dawa says that in order to become a Buddhist, one has to take refuge in the 'Three Jewels', which are: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
Development of Buddhism in Tibet (Part II)
interiew with Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at the Buddhist school of dialectic, Dharamsala, India. Geshe Dawa says, Tibetan Buddhism has four main Schools, namely Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug. He says, Nyingma is the oldest, the original order founded by Padmasambhava and Shataraksita. Kagyu which means
" Lineage of the Buddha's Word" is an oral tradition which is very much concerned with the experiential dimension of meditation. Its most
famous exponent was Milarepa. Sakya or the " Grey Earth" is a school which represents the scholarly tradition founded by Khon Kunchok
Gyalpo, a disciple of the great translator Drokmi Lotsawa. It traces its lineage to the Indian master Virupa. One of the greatest exponent of this tradition was Sakya Pandita. Then comes Gelug, the tradition founded by Lama Tsongkhapa.Geshe Dawa says, all the above mentioned schools of Tibetan Buddhist traditions
have different names and teach different methods of practice but follow the same Buddha's teachings.
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Friday, 15 April 2011
Development of Buddhism in Tibet (Part I)
Interview with Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher of Tibetan Buddhist School of Dialectics at Dharamsala, India, on the spread and
development of Buddhism in Tibet. Geshe Dawa says, Buddhism came into Tibet when Songtsen Gampo, a 7th century Tibetan king married two Buddhist princesses : one from Nepal and other from China. The king sent representatives to India and China to learn more about Buddhism. Somehow, he became convinced of the benefits of Buddhist tenets and his faith strengthened. He built many temples and encouraged the growth of Buddhism among his people. After that, in the 8th century the Tibetan King, Trisong Detsen, invited two Buddhist masters - Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche) and Shantarakshita to Tibet from India. This king initiated translation of many important Buddhist texts into Tibetan. Buddhism remained a prominent part of life in Tibet until China's invasion and occupation of the country in 1959, Geshe Dawa added.
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Sunday, 03 April 2011
Sakya Tradition
Kunsang Dolma interviews Lama Pema Wangdak, a resident Buddhist teacher in New York and New Jersey area, on the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Pema says the Sakya tradition is one of the four major religious traditions in Tibet. It played a significant role in the development and spread of new tantric teachings that came to Tibet in
the 11th century. He says that during the 13th and 14th centuries the heads of the Sakya tradition were also the principal political rulers of Tibet and that Sakya tradition produced many great and distinguished practitioners, saints
and scholars, such as - the founder of Sakya tradition Kon Konchok Gyalpo, Lopon Sonam Tsemo, Jetsun Dakpa Gyaltsen, Sakya Pandita, and Drogon Chogyal Phakpa.
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Sunday, 20 March 2011
Dalai Lama on Meditation
The Dalai Lama's teaching based on Kamalashila's Middling stages of meditation. Before expounding on the stages of meditation, the Tibetan spiritual leader talked about various religious traditions in the world, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
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Sunday, 13 March 2011
Mandala Offering
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Geshe Kunchok Wangdu, a teacher at Tibetan Institute of Dialectics in Dharamsala about the meaning of Mandala Offering in Buddhism. Geshe Kunchok says, Mandala Offering is a powerful method for accumulating extensive merit in a short time, and it was taught by the Buddha Shakyamuni. The Tibetan word for Mandala is "Kyil-Kor." which means taking the essence.
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Sunday, 06 March 2011
Nagarjuna's Tribute to Buddha
Kunsang Dolma interviewed Khenpo Tsultrim, a resident teacher of Drikhung Kagyue Buddhist center in Maryland, on Nagarjuna's teachings on the concept of "Dependent origination." Khenpo Tsultrim says master Nagarjuna pays homage to the Buddha not just for his principles of love and compassion, but for his philosophical understanding of “dependent origination" which is something unique from other religious traditions. Nagarjuna was a great Buddhist scholar of the ancient Indian University of Nalanda.
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
Interpretation of Dreams
interviewed Khenpo Tsultrim, a resident teacher of Drikhung Kargyue Center in Maryland, on the subject of dream interpretation from Buddhist point of view.
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Sunday, 06 February 2011
Four Seals of Buddhist Doctrine (Part II)
Geshe Tenzin Dhargye, director of Tibetan Buddhist Center in Austria, explains the four seals of Buddhist doctrine.
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Sunday, 23 January 2011
Five Wrong Livelihood
Yeshe Khedrup says, earning livelihood by means of flattery, covetousness, seeking reward for a favor, using force to get something and contrived means are the five wrong ways of earning livelihood.
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Monday, 17 January 2011
Om Mani Padme Hum (Part II)
Geshe Lobsang Dawa of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India, explains the meaning six -syllable mantra, which he says summarizes the essence of the entire teachings of the Lord Buddha.
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Sunday, 09 January 2011
Om Mani Padme Hum (Part I)
Geshe Lobsang Dawa of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics at Dharamsala explains the meaning of popular Tibetan Mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum.
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Monday, 03 January 2011
Basic Principles of Buddhism
Geshe Lobsang Dawa of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India explains the basic principles of Buddhism.
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Sunday, 26 December 2010
Dependent Origination
Interview with Geshe Lobsang Dawa, teacher at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, about the unique Buddhist concept of dependent origination and non-violence.
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Sunday, 12 December 2010
Benefits of Practicing Non-Violence
Geshe Lobsang Dawa of Buddhist school of Dialectics in Dharamsala, India, explains the benefit of practicing non-violence.
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Sunday, 19 December 2010
Benefits of Practicing Buddhism
Geshe Lobsang Dawa, a teacher at the Buddhist School of Dialectics in Dharamsala, India explains the benefits of practicing Buddhism. Geshe Dawa says Buddhism emphasizes reasoned-based wisdom and kindness for all living beings, and is therefore helpful in developing a more tolerant and compassionate human society.
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Sunday, 05 December 2010
Foundation of All Good Qualities (Part III)
Jhado Rinpoche, a former abbot of Namgyal Monastery explains the prayer "The Foundation of Good Qualities" or "Yonten Shegyurma " composed by Tibet's great scholar Lama Tsong Khapa. In this program, Rinpoche explains how to practice “The Six Perfectioins” to become a Bodhisattva. Rinpoche also explains the meditation for cultivating the mind of enlightenment , recognizing all sentient beings as one's mother, being mindful of their kindness and repaying their kindness.
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Monday, 29 November 2010
Foundation of All Good Qualities (Part II)
Jhado Rinpoche, a former abbot of Namgyal Monastery explains the prayer "The Foundation of Good Qualities" or "Yonten Shegyurma " composed by Tibet's great scholar Lama Tsong Khapa. In this program Jhado Rinpoche explains the Buddhist concept of impermanence, preciousness of being born as human beings, and so forth.
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Monday, 22 November 2010
Foundation of All Good Qualities (Part 1)
Jhado Rinpoche, a former abbot of Namgyal Monastery explains the prayer "The Foundation of Good Qualities" or "Yonten Shegyurma " composed by Tibet's great scholar Lama Tsong Khapa. In this program Jhado Rinpoche explains the Buddhist concept of impermanence, preciousness of being born as human beings, and so forth.
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Monday, 15 November 2010
The Words of Truth (Part II)
Interview with Jhado Rinpoche, former abbot of Namgyal Monastery at Dharamsala, on the "Words of Truth." Rinpoche says that the prayer was composed by the Dalai Lama on September 29, 1960 at Dharamsala for the revival and sustenance of Buddha's teachings.
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Sunday, 07 November 2010
The Words of Truth (Part I)
Interview with Jhado Rinpoche, former abbot of Namgyal Monastery at Dharamsala, on the "Words of Truth." Rinpoche says that the prayer was composed by the Dalai Lama on September 29, 1960 at Dharamsala for the revival and sustenance of Buddha's teachings.
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Sunday, 24 October 2010
Atisha Dipankaras' Biography (Part I)
Gelek Rinpoche, spiritual head of the Jewel Heart Buddhist centers describes the biography of Atisha Dipankara.
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Atisha Dipankaras' Biography (Part II)
Gelek Rinpoche, spiritual head of the Jewel Heart Buddhist centers describes the biography of Atisha Dipankara.
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Eating Meat, Caste System & Buddhism
Khenpo Tsultrim from Maryland discusses eating meat and caste systems in Buddhism.
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Sunday, 10 October 2010
12 Links of dependent Origination
Khanpo Tsultrim, a resident Lama of Drikhung Kargyue Center in Maryland explains the 12 links of dependent origination.
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Sunday, 03 October 2010
Seven Branches of Buddhist Tenets
Compilation of Dalai Lama's teachings on "Lamrim Chenmo" explaining the meaning and importance of the Buddhist practices such as prostration, offering, confession, rejoicing, requesting, supplication and dedication. The Tibetan spiritual leader also explains on the Three Jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
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Sunday, 26 September 2010
Mind Training
Compilation of Dalai Lama's teachings based on the text of "A Guide to the Boddhisattava's Way of Life," by the renowned Indan Buddhis scholar Shantideva. Dalai Lama stresses the importance of developing altruism and leading a meaningful life.
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Sunday, 19 September 2010
Kalachakra Initiation (Part II)
Geshe Tenzin Dhargyal, Director of International Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Huttenberg, Austria, explains historical origin and significance of Kalachakra Initiation.
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Friday, 10 September 2010
Kalachakra Initiation (Part I)
Geshe Tenzin Dhargyal, Director of International Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Huttenberg, Austria, explains historical origin and significance of Kalachakra Initiation.
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Thursday, 02 September 2010
Homage to 21 Tara (Part IV)
Today's Weekly Buddhism and Culture program features the last part of an excerpt from Geshe Lobsang Dawa's explanation of 21 homages to Tara. Geshe Lobsang Dawa is a teacher of a Tibetan Dialectics Institute in Dharamsala. Geshe Dawa explains the different manifestations of Tara, including the White Tara and Green Tara. Devotees believe that White Tara is associated with long life and Green Tara helps to overcome fear and anxiety; they also believe that she can grant wishes, eliminate suffering and bring happiness.
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Monday, 30 August 2010
Homage to Tara (Part III)
Excerpts from Geshe Lobsang Dawa's teachings on 21 homage to Tara. Geshe Dawa, a Buddhist teacher at the Tibetan Institute of Dialectics in Dharamsala explains the meaning and significance of the prayer.
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Homage to Tara (Part II)
Excerpts from Geshe Lobsang Dawa's teachings on 21 homage to Tara. Geshe Dawa, a Buddhist teacher at the Tibetan Institute of Dialectics in Dharamsala explains the meaning and significance of the prayer.
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Sunday, 15 August 2010
Homage to Tara (Part I)
Excerpts from Geshe Lobsang Dawa's teachings on 21 homage to Tara. Geshe Dawa, a Buddhist teacher at the Tibetan Institute of Dialectics in Dharamsala explains the meaning and significance of the prayer.
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Sunday, 08 August 2010
Different Ways of Meditation
Khenpo Gawang from Memphis, explains different ways of meditation.
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Sunday, 01 August 2010
Biography of Shantideva
Geshe Jamphel Singhi from Switzerland describes the life of the 8th-century Buddhist schola, Shantideva
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Monday, 26 July 2010
Dalai Lama: Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
Excerpts from Dalai Lama's teachings on Shantideva's "a guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life" or "Chudjug."
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Saturday, 10 July 2010
The Four Noble Truths
Geshe Jampel Senge of Rikon Monastery in Switzerland explains the four noble truths: Truth of Suffering, Truth of the Accumulation of Suffering, Truth of the Elimination of Suffering and Truth of the Path that Leads Away from Suffering
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Sunday, 04 July 2010
Concept of Karma (Part II)
Geshe Tenzin Dhargyal, Director of Tibetan Buddhist Center in Austria, explains the concept of Karma and the four laws of Karma in Buddhism. He describes how Karma or the law of moral causation is one’s own doing reacting on oneself.
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Sunday, 27 June 2010
Concept of Karma (Part I)
Geshe Tenzin Dhargyal, Director of Tibet Center at Huttenburg in Austria, explains the concept of Karma and the four laws of Karma in Buddhism. He describes how one’s state of mind depends on one’s action.
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
12 Links of Interdependent Origination
Khanpo Tsultrim, a resident lama of Drikung Kargyu Center in Maryland talks about how the cycle of rebirth in its highest sense is a proof of all phenomena being dependent on each other and hence lacking inherent or independent existence.
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
Tibetan Nyingma Sect
Khanpo Norgyal, a resident lama who lives in New York and teaches Tibetan Buddhism in America explains the origination of Nyingma School of Buddhism and its beliefs.
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
Saka Dawa Month
Khanpo Tsultrim, a resident lama of Drikhung Kargyu Buddhist Center in Maryland, explains the importance of Saka Dawa month where many Buddhists commemorate Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death.
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
Code of Conduct on Attending Dharma teachings
Geshe Jamphel Singe of Rikon Monastery in Switzerland explains the code of conduct on attending Dharma teachings. According to him, there are three faults to avoid while attending Dharma discourse (1. Not paying attention to the teaching 2. Not retaining the teachings in one's mind 3.Having a deluded mind).
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
Dalai Lama: Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
Excerpts from Dalai Lama's teachings on Shantideva's "a guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life" or "Chudjug."
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Sunday, 20 June 2010
Dalai Lama’s Teaching for Tibetan Youths
Excerpt from the Dalai Lama’s introductory teachings on Buddhism to young Tibetans in Tibetan Children’s Village School, India. The talk was aimed at introducing Tibetan youths on the fundamental teachings of Buddhism, including the cultural and spiritual values of Tibetan Buddhism.
