Topic outline

  • English translation by Ari Goldfield.

    Review notes kindly provided by Hanna Severin.

    • 6 September 2000

      • Talk 1 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 1, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        Praise to the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
        Overview, The (8) Qualities of the Dharmakaya, the qualities of the two benefits

      • Talk 2 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 2, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Element of the Enlightened Essence, the Buddha nature, what is to be known on the path, the two obscurations are cleared away, there are 64 qualities, one only works for the benefit of others,

        The four inconceivable points: 1. the Buddha nature is original pure and covered with adventitious stains, 2. enlightenment itself, 3. concerns the qualities of enlightenment, 4. concerns enlightened activity,
        The first three of the ten aspects: the meaning of the essence, of the cause and of the results

      • Talk 3 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 3, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        Evening talk, The Forth Vajra Point: the Element and the benefit of it, recitation and meditation.

    • 7 September 2000

      In the evening of the 7th September, Rinpoche teaches Knowledge Fundamental to the Middle Way, talk 1.

      • Talk 4 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 4, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Forth Vajra Point: the Element:

        6. Manifestation, 7. Phases ,  8. the All -pervasiveness of Suchness, 9.Unchangingness.

        Recitation and Meditation

      • Talk 5 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 5, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Forth Vajra Point: the Element:

        Unchangingness, p. 135, the qualities of a bodhisattva who has first given rise to bodhichitta, p.137, the qualities of a bodhisattva who has attained the level of non-returning, the qualities of a bodhisattva who has reached the last birth

    • 8 September 2000

      • Talk 6 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 6, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Forth Vajra Point: the Element:

        Unchangingness: 
        In the utterly purified phase, detailed explanation of the meaning

      • Talk 7 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 7, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Forth Vajra Point: the Element: 
        Inseparability of the qualities,

        Short explanation by means of names, detailed explanation of the synonyms names, combination of the names and the meaning, detailed explanation of their essential meaning.

        The detailed explanation of the meaning of liberation, detailed explanation of these by means of examples, meaning, explanation by means of the non--fictitious example, Presentation of the corresponding qualities, Explanation of buddhahood as being nirvana, p. 143 - 148

      • Talk 8 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 8, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Forth Vajra Point: the Element:
        p.148, Explanation of the way the defilements are to be purified though the essence is unchanging, by means of examples, explanation of the nature of the Victorious One and the defilements by means of the nine example, both example and meaning expressed separately,
        Detailed explanation with nine examples, p. 150 - 162,

        Guru Rinpoche Prayer by Patrick

    • 9 September 2000

      In the evening of the 9th September, Rinpoche teaches Knowledge Fundamental to the Middle Way, talk 2.

      • Talk 9 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 9, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Forth Vajra Point: the Element:
        p. 162- 167, The way the defilements are purified, p. 164-, Detailed explanation of the way the defilements are purified

      • Talk 10 File Video file (MP4)
      • Talk 10, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)

        The Forth Vajra Point: the Element:
        p. 168- 173 , The gradual stages of realization, p- 173 - 175, Explanation of the very nature itself, Essence, The way it is empty and not empty

    • 10 September 2000

    • 11 September 2000

      In the evening of the 11th September, Rinpoche teaches Knowledge Fundamental to the Middle Way, talk 3.

    • 12 September 2000

      In the afternoon of the 12th September, Rinpoche teaches the final talk on Knowledge Fundamental to the Middle Way, talk 4.