These five talks on this beautiful text by Nagarjuna, are reviewed by Peter Schaffranek. His extensive review notes for each talk, two versions of the root text and an English translation by Jim Scott is published here as well.
Tibetan / English
5 talks, audio
In 1998, 18-24 September, Rinpoche visits Seattle. Arranged by Kagyu Shenpen Ösel Ling, Rinpoche offers nine teachings:
- Talk 1-5, In Praise of Dharmadhātu ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་སུ་བསྟོད་པ།
- Talk 6, Questions and Answers
- Talks 7-8, Songs by Mahāsiddhas based on Teaching Session 58 from the Ocean of Definitive Meaning
- Talk 9, Questions and Answers.
Here, you find talk 1-6.
Talk 7-9 are found in the category Songs of Realization / Various Buddhist Masters or by typing for example "Seattle 98" in the courses search box.
Tibetan-English
6 talks, audio & video
Visiting Karma Theksum Choling, Santa Cruz, 6-11 October 1998, after an extraordinarily beautiful introductory speech, Rinpoche offers 6 talks on Praise of Dharmadhatu and 2 sessions with question and answer.
Tibetan - English
9 talks, audio
Visiting Hawaii in November 1998, Rinpoche points out the luminous nature of mind based on a combination of texts: Nāgārjuna's In Praise of Dharmadhatu; Sakya Chokden's commentary to it: Ascertaining Dharmadhātu: An Explanation of the Praise of Dharmadhātu, a vast number of Milarepa's songs of realization and several of his commentaries to them.
It is also during this course that he composes his own commentary to Nāgārjuna's praise, namely, A Concise Explanation of Dharmadhatu: Mind Itself, Dharmadhatu's Luminous Expanse. Rinpoche completes his explanations with 3 talks on the sixteen types of Emptiness from Chandrakirti Entering the Middle Way.
The program was offered at Kagyu Thekchen Ling in Honolulu but also during a 2-day visit to Maui.
Tibetan - English
14 talks, audio
Visiting Kagyu Thubten Choling, Wappinger's Falls, July 2001, Rinpoche teaches In Praise of Dharmadhatu extensively over 10 days based on Sakya Chogden's Commentary called Gaining Certainty in Dharmadhatu ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རྣམ་པར་ངེས་པ།
Tibetan - English
12 talks, audio
At the summer course held at Dechen Choling, France, 25 August - 2 September 2001, called "Laying the Foundation for Vajrayana", Rinpoche teaches:
- 2 talks on Sakya Chogden's Establishing Two Traditions as One
- 10 talks on Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being
- 6 talks on Distinguishing the Middle and the Extremes
- 5 talks on Nagarjuna's Knowledge Fundamental to the Middle Way
- 1 talk on In Praise of Dharmadhatu
- 2 talks on Chandrakirti's Entering the Middle Way
Here, you find 1 talk on In Praise of Dharmadhatu. For the remaining talks, please use the course's search box.
Tibetan - English
1 talk, audio
On his European tour in the Summer 2002, Rinpoche visits the Shambhala Center in London, July 27-28. Rinpoche introduces the audience to Jetsun Mila's life story, explaining how each verse in his song of realization called Seven Ways Things Shine Inside and Out, relates to his life, and then proceeds with offering three talks on Nagarjuna's In Praise of Dharmadhatu.
It is these latter three talks that you find here.
Tibetan - English, Tibetan only
3 talks, audio
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