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    • Eugene and Corvallis, Oregon, 12-15 September 1991

      During his visit to Oregon, Rinpoche offered a talk on the Twelve Link of Interdependence; Milarepa's Seven Royal Possessions; 2 sessions of explanatory reading transmission on Michele Martin's English translation of the 5th chapter of Distinguishing the Middle and the Extremes; as well as restricted pointing out instructions in relation to appearances.

      Because of audio quality only the first two of these talks are published.

      Tibetan - English 

    • Seattle, 2 October 1991

      Rinpoche also taught Milarepa songs during this visit. When these have been located, they will be posted in the category Songs of Realization.

    • Hawaii, 2-8 June 1996

      During his visit to Hawaii, 2-8 June 1996, Rinpoche offers teachings on

      • Milarepa's Four Supreme Things and Eleven Supreme Things
      • Gotsangpa's Eight Cases of Basic Goodness Not to be Shunned
      • Calm abiding and superior insight
      • 2 talks on Heart of Wisdom Sutra
      • The two truths based on a verse from Creation and Completion, Essential Points of Tantric Meditation
      • 2 talks on Song of Supplication to Machik Labdron

      Tibetan - English

      Tapes kindly offered by Myron Berney.

      • Public talk at the University of Hawaii, 3 June 1996 File Audio file (MP3)

        In the Art Auditorium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Monday the 3rd June 1996 at 7.30PM Rinpoche introduced the audience to the Twelve Interdependent Originations: Generating the Phenomenal World. This talk was cosponsored by Buddhist Studies Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

    • Birmingham, 17 September 2000

      On the 17-19 September 2000 in Birmingham, Rinpoche

      • first explains how the five constituents of an individual manifest interdependently and how that effects our daily experiences
      • explains the song by Jetsun Milarepa called Distinguishing the Provisional from the Definitive in the Context of Mahamudra
      • and finishes with a questions / answer session.

      It is the first of these sessions you find here. The two latter talks are found in the main library in the category Songs of Realization.

    • London, 8 September 2001

      On the 8 September 2001, at the Shambhala Center in London, Rinpoche first points out how appearances manifest interdependently.

      He then continues with three talks on the Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer by 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. These three latter talks can be found in the main library. Please use the courses' search box typing for example "London 2001".  

    • Denver, 4 November 2002

      In a public talk on the 4th of November 2002, at Denver Shambhala Center, Rinpoche offers the reading transmission for Gotsangpa's song Eight Flashing Lances and teachings on interdependent arising from Chandrakirti's Entering the Middle Way   དབུ་མ་ལ་འཇུག་པ།  the section Dependent Arising and the Result of Thorough Analysis.