In 1980, the first versions of booklets on The Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness were published in German. Here, you find 4 talks from Munich, 3-9 March 1980. At the time, a war was going on, and Rinpoche connects his teachings with beautiful meditations on the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha from Treasury of Knowledge, chapter 2.3, the Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva and the Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer by 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje.
In 1986, Shenpen Hookham's book, The Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness, had just been published for the first time. At Karma Thegsum Choling, New York, during 6 talks, Rinpoche first offers an overview of the tenets and then has his translator read the book, one tenet at a time and opens up for questions.
Please note that in a broader context, the title "Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness" སྟོང་ཉིད་སྒོམ་རིམ། is also used for "The Views of the Tenets" or "Stages of View" གྲུབ་མཐའི་ལྟ་བའམ་ལྟ་བ་རིམ་འཇུག།
At the Halifax Shambhala Center 1991, Rinpoche offers 10 talks to the audience.
At Rigpe Dorje Institute, Pullahari 14 February 1997, a group that has their study of the five tenets lead by Jim Scott asks Rinpoche their questions.
At Thegsum Tashi Choling, Hamburg, 25 October 2001, Rinpoche offers 1 talk on this topic.
At Karma Thegsum Choling, Dallas, 4-6 October 2002, Rinpoche teaches the progression of view and meditation based on mainly Chandrakirti's text Entering the Middle Way and Jetsun Mila's songs Identifying a Capable Student, Twenty-seven Cases of Dissolution, An Authentic Portrait of the Middle Way, and Ultimate View, Meditation, Conduct and Fruition.
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