98 min
Talk
Introduction to the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation, Part 2
The second session, working through the verses on meeting ill-treatment and on seeing others as the source of one's own practice.
About the teacher
Drupon Ma Gyalten Samten
Drupon Ma Gyalten Samten teaches meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and leads the introductory retreats at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, the town where the Buddha is said to have woken up.
Those are the week-long courses for people arriving with nothing behind them — no posture, no vocabulary, no practice.
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67 min
Talk
Introduction to the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
The opening session of a teaching on Langri Tangpa's eight verses, the short Tibetan text on turning everyday encounters into practice.
Path
The wider context.
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Reason as practice
Gelug
Systematic philosophical study, monastic scholarship and tantric practice.
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