Topic outline

  • Athens, April 1979

    Rinpoche first elucidates the two truths and then the three yanas. He concludes by guiding in Chenrezig meditation.

    Tibetan - Greek

    3 talks, audio

  • Brussels 1979

    • Talk 1, 3 September 1979, Tibetan - English - French File Audio file (MP3)

      Translation into English by Acharya Tenpa Negi. Translation into French by Jerome Edou

      Sravakayana. ཉན་ཐོས་ཀྱི་ཐེག་པ༏. Meditation on selflessness in relation to the five skandhas. Because the subject is new to the students, there are very nice explanations of the Tibetan words!

    • Talk 2, 5 September 1979, Tibetan - English - French File Audio file (MP3)

      Translation into English by Acharya Tenpa Negi. Translation into French by Jerome Edou

      Sravakayana continued. The Four Truths.

      That sentient beings think suffering is bliss = sickness. Karma and kleshas = cause of suffering and equals the imbalance in the elements. The truth of the path = the medicine counteracting the sickness, བདག་མེད་རྟོགས་པའི་ཤེས་རབ།   The truth of cessation is the well-being when the sickness is cured.
      Meditation on the 4 truths. Conduct is based on the pratimoksha vows based on renunciation and not harming others. The result is overcoming all animosities, the freedom of skandhas, nirvana.

    • Talk 3, 7 September 1979, Tibetan - English - French File Audio file (MP3)

      Translation into English by Acharya Tenpa Negi. Translation into French by Jerome Edou

      Pratyekabuddhayana. The view is understanding the lack of personal self and a half understanding of the lack of true entity in phenomena. There is mediation on the Four Truths and on the Twelve Links of Interdependence.

      Very nice explanations! This talk goes up to and including sred pa.

    • Talk 4, 10 September 1979, Tibetan - English - French File Audio file (MP3)

      Translation into English by Acharya Tenpa Negi. Translation into French by Jerome Edou

      Continuation of Pratyekabuddhayana. Rinpoche explains the remaining links from the Twelve Links of Interdepence.

    • Talk 5, 12 September 1979, Tibetan - English - French File Audio file (MP3)

      Translation into English by Acharya Tenpa Negi. Translation into French by Jerome Edou

      A brief explanation of the meaning of selflessness related to the way in which things appear and to their fundamental mode of being. 

    • Talk 6, 14 September 1979, Tibetan - English - French File Audio file (MP3)

      Translation into English by Acharya Tenpa Negi. Translation into French by Jerome Edou

      Meditation according to the great vehicle, the Mahayana.

      Rinpoche announces that he will teach Vajrayana after the three years of study.
      "The king of the swan like Bodhisattvas has to cross the ocean of Samsara with the help of the two wings of skillful means and wisdom."

    • Talk 7, 19 September 1979, Tibetan - English - French File Audio file (MP3)

      Translation into English by Acharya Tenpa Negi. Translation into French by Jerome Edou

      Mahayana's conduct, six paramitas and four means of attraction, as well as its fruition.

  • Athens, 10 - 18 October 2001

    Visiting Athens, 10 - 18 October 2001, Rinpoche visit three different locations where he offers:

    • 2 talks: Outlining the three yanas. This is a location close to a highway.
    • 1 talk: Reading transmission for chapter 4&5 of Maitreya's Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes and questions and answers.
    • 1 talk: Mind's fundamental power of compassion taught in a Shambhala Center
    • 2 talks: Milarepa's Distinguishing the Provisional from the Definitive in the Context of Mahamudra
    • 3 talks: Singing songs of realization and then asking questions related to each song.

    Tibetan - English - Greek translation.