Buddha Nature, Karma Chodrub Gyamtso Ling, 1979 ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ་རྒྱུད་བླ་མའི་བསྟན་བཅོས།

Topic outline

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  Talks to the Aspiring Translators

  This set of recordings spans 90 talks and includes recordings working with an English translation.

  The aspiring translators had help with the Tibetan language from Acharya Tenpa Gyaltsen Negi and Rinpoche had them take turns in working with an English translation. The translators' names are: Shenpen Hookham, Caroline Brown, David Levinger, Jerome Edou, Burkhard Quessel and Chris Heye.

  The review notes are based on the English publication Buddha Nature and were kindly made by Hanna Severin.

  • Extensive Explanations Given on the Text From 17 July - 10 October 1979 Book
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  Public Talks with Translation, Brussels, September 1979

  These recordings have better audio quality than those in the next section, but two talks may be missing. You can find the additional talks in the latter collection.

  • Talk 1, English and French translation: 1st Vajra Point - Buddha File Audio file (MP3)
  • Talk 2, English and French translation: 2nd Vajra Point - Dharma File Audio file (MP3)
  • Talk 3, English and French translation: 3rd Vajra Point - Sangha File Audio file (MP3)
  • Talk 5, English and French translation: 5th Vajra Point - Enlightenment File Audio file (MP3)
  • Talk 6, English and French translation: 6th Vajra Point - Qualities File Audio file (MP3)
  • Talk 7, English and French translation: 7th Vajra Point - Activity File Audio file (MP3)
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  Public Talks with Translation, Brussels, September 1979, Alternative Recordings

  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.

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  Recitation of the Root Text

  • Meditation Advice and Recitation of Root Text, 8 October 1979 File Audio file (MP3)
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  Training the Translators

  Based on the Buddha Nature text, Rinpoche trains the aspiring translators in oral translation.

  Their names are Anne Burchardi, Claudine Mona, Daniel ?, and Nancy ? 

  Review notes by Hanna Severin.

  • 22 September 1979 File Audio file (MP3)
  • 23 September 1979 File Audio file (MP3)
  • 25 September 1979 File Audio file (MP3)
  • 29 September 1979 File Audio file (MP3)
  • Translator Training - parts missing File Audio file (MP3)