Public Talks with Translation, Brussels, September 1979
The cassette recorders from 1979 did not have external microphone, so some of the translators' voices are at times a little low. Headphones are advisable.
- Talk 1, English and French translation File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Shenpen Hookham, French by Jerome Edou.
The first of the 7 Vajra points, specifically the 8 qualities (6+2) of the Buddha.
Meditation on the buddha.
- Talk 2, English and French translation File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Acharya Tenpa Gyaltsen Negi, French by Jerome Edou.
From the 7 Vajra points, the 2: Dharma. Beautiful!
When a new tape was necessary, the tape recorder was placed closer to Rinpoche making the English and French translations almost inaudible.
- Talk 3, English and French Translation File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Acharya Tenpa Gyaltsen Negi, French by Jermoe Edou.
From the 7 Vajra points, the third: Sangha.
Guided meditation on searching for the mind... not found, rest... - Talk 4, English and French Translation File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Shenpen Hookham, French by Jermoe Edou.
Reciting Milarepa's དབུ་མ་ཡང་དག་པར་བརྗོད་པ།
The 4th Vajra point: The element.
- Talk 5, French and English Translation File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Acharya Tenpa Gyaltsen Negi, French by Jerome Edou.
The 5th Vajra point: Enlightenment.
Meditation looking for where the mind comes from, where it abides and where it goes... If not found, rest.
Questions - Talk 6, English and French Translation File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Shenpen Hookham, French by Jerome Edou.
The 6th Vajra point: qualities. End of talk missing a little.
- Talk 6, Alternative Recording, Tibetan - English File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Shenpen Hookham, French by Jerome Edou.
6th chapter: qualities. Brief explanation, because students can look at the translation.
Reciting Milarepa's དབུ་མ་ཡང་དག་པར་བརྗོད་པ། Meditation by visualizing Milarepa in the sky. Rinpoche recites a visualization, and they sing the section from the Tseringma chapter, where Milarepa teaches the definitive meaning. From Tibetan page 481.
Jerome is translating parts into French, maybe the song itself? The tapes runs out.The recordist for this one talk cuts the French translator.
- Talk 7, English and French Translation File Audio file (MP3)
English translation by Shenpen Hookham, French by Jerome Edou.
From the 7 Vajra points, the 7th: Activity.
Reciting Milarepa's དབུ་མ་ཡང་དག་པར་བརྗོད་པ།End of talk missing a little.