After three years of studying the three turnings of the wheel of dharma, Rinpoche announces that he will teach vajrayana for the next three years followed by three years of retreat.
In May 1981 in Copenhagen, Karma Ling 1981, and in July 1982 at Kagyu Ling, Rinpoche begins to teach his group of students the Profound Inner Principles.
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5, 8 and 11 talks, audio.
As the conclusion of an intense 2 weeks course at Kagyu Ling, Plaige April 1986, Rinpoche offers two talks from the Profound Inner Principles, in which he introduces the Four States and presents how Nadi, Prana and Bindu relate to mind, to the four states and to the kayas.
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Tibetan - English
2 talks, audio
In 1997 at the Great Blissful Vajra seminar, Rinpoche elucidates as a supplementary topic to the path of special skills, the nature of the four states, when they involve delusion and when not, the stages of the path; the means for binding them, and their resultant four kayas.
This is talk 14 of 16. You can search for example "Karmê Chöling 97" for the remaining talks.
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During the summer seminars of 1999-2001, Rinpoche presided over the feast of dharma held at Karmê Chöling and chose to present teachings on the Profound Inner Principles.
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In the summer of 2000, Rinpoche presided over his eighth feast of dharma at Karmê Chöling.
He continued to present teachings that he had begun the previous summer on the Profound Inner Principles. This year he chose to present chapters three, four, and five.
In addition, Rinpoche gave five talks on the essential view of madhyamaka based on select verses from Nāgārjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, two talks on the sixteen and four categories of emptiness from Chandrakirtī's Entrance to the Middle Way; and two talks on Buddha Nature, Uttaratantrashīstra, bridging the view of sutrayāna and vajrayāna.
Rinpoche began to introduce root verses from the Hevajra Tantra.
For these teachings please see their respective categories or search "Karmê Chöling 2000" in the Course Search Box .
Tibetan-English
7 talks out of 24, audio
3 practice sessions with guided recitation meditation is also found here.
At Dorje Denma Ling, September 2003, Rinpoche first presents the story of Ramding Sky Cave to the audience, especially explaining in great detail Jetsün Milarepa's song: Eight Certainties You Need to Practice Dharma.
For the main topic of the seminar, Rinpoche choses to present the sangha with Chapter One, Causes and Conditions, and Chapter Six, The Four States.
Tibetan - English
13 talks, video
During his visit to Shambhala Mountain Center, 30 October to 9 November, Rinpoche teaches a combination of Stories and Songs by Milarepa and Sun of Wisdom.
He completes the seminar with pointing out instructions, singing, dancing and 3 talks on Profound Inner Principles.
For the first 11 talks, see Sun of Wisdom in the category of Nagarjuna Treatises or please use the course's search box typing "Shambhala Mountain Center."
Tibetan - English
7 talks, audio.
This series of talks was given as a part of the annual summer program called Perfect Purity at Dechen Chöling in France 2005.
These talks were restricted to those students who had completed the requirements set by Shambhala for starting the practice of the Four Root Dharmas, and those students of Khenpo Rinpoche who had his permission to attend. The talks were generally given in the late afternoon session, with the exception of one, which was given at midnight, to enable participants to fall asleep while engaging in Dream Yoga and Luminosity practice.
In these talks, Khenpo Rinpoche commented on selected sections of the root text Zabmo Nangdön, Profound Inner Principles, by the third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, and the commentary on that by Jamgön Kongtrul, Lodrö Thaye.
As always, Rinpoche brought this material alive by composing his own verses on the topics and prompting much singing and dancing, so that students could connect with the blissful, illusory, dreamlike aspect of our reality directly, as immediate experience. Here, you will therefore also find the talks on his composition The Essence of the Definitive Meaning, a Commentary on the Three Kinds of Confidence, and Seventy Lines on Self-Liberation.
For other talks given at Dechen Chöling 2005, please use the course's search box.
Tibetan - English
10 talks, video and audio