In 1988 during a course, which lasted from 1st-18th of November at Marpa House Bouddha, besides teaching Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being, ཆོས་དང་ཆོས་ཉིད་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པ། Rinpoche introduced the students to his composition Classifications of Mind, the Essence of the Ocean of Scriptures on Valid Cognition and Logic.
Furthermore, for public talks, Rinpoche stressed the importance of the view of Nagarjuna and Asangha over 6 public talks.
Here you will find the following talks:
- General introduction and schedule
- 13 talks on Classifications of Mind
- 1 public talk on Classifications of Mind with questions / answers.
After Rinpoche had taught Kalu Rinpoche's translation committee in November in Bodhgaya, Rinpoche came back to Bouddha and taught the remaining students further topics from Classifications of Mind and also devoted 5 talks to introducing Classifications of Reasoning.
Tibetan only, a few talks have partial translation into English.
27 talks, audio
On many occasions, Rinpoche has introduced students to the science of mind and valid cognition. Here, you will find such short introductions spanning one to three talks, where Rinpoche bases his explanation on his composition Classifications of Mind, Classifications of Reasoning བློ་རིགས་དང་རྟགས་རིགས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གཞག
At the Pullahari Program, March 1996, Rinpoche offers 3 talks. While on Tenerife, July 1995, Rinpoche offers two talks. In Munich, 25 November 1995, Rinpoche gives an explanatory reading transmission.
Tibetan - English, Tibetan - German
3, 2 and 1 talks, video and audio
On many occasions Rinpoche has introduced students to the science of valid cognition.
Here, you will find such short introductions spanning a small number talks, where Rinpoche bases his explanation on his composition Classifications of Mind བློ་རིག་གི་རྣམ་གཞག་རིགས་གཞུང་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་སྙིང་པོ།
While at Kagyu Ling Plaige, August 1989, Rinpoche gives 3 public talks on science of valid cognition.
Tibetan - English
3 talks, audio
In Chabil, February and March 1986, Rinpoche explains the very first published version of the Miraculous Key as a preparation for his European tour.
Tibetan only
22 talks, audio
For the first time in Europe, in Munich March 1986, Rinpoche introduces sections from the Miraculous Key over eight talks.
Due to the kindness of Wolfgang Neugebauer we have these teachings on video.
Rinpoche then travels to Kagyu Ling, Plaige, where further sections are presented. Rinpoche also offered a beautiful talk on how the dharma provides the means for dealing with the suffering of illness.
Tibetan- German, Tibetan - English. A few talks were found with French translation included.
8 and 10 talks, video and audio
In September 1986, Rinpoche visited the Shambhala Mountain Center.
While there, Rinpoche started teaching his summary of Treasury of Knowledge: the Miraculous Key, offering 3 talks to the Ngedon School.
Rinpoche continued teaching the text to the Nalanda Translation Committee at Karma Dzong, Boulder.
Tibetan - English
22 talks, audio
At Marpa House in Bouddha, April 1988, Rinpoche taught his students the Tibetan U-me alphabet.
With the greatest of care, Ani Jampa meticulously wrote sentence after sentence on the blackboard, for students to copy and Rinpoche would then teach the subject: the chapters 6 and 7. While writing, the students often find the opportunity to ask questions.
Tibetan only
16 talks, audio
To enroll in the course, the key is KTGR