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The course is divided into modules, each looking at different sutras from the collection of Buddhist sutras translated into Tibetan called the Kanjur. Geshe Tashi is offering this course because HH Dalai Lama often says that Tibetan Buddhists should study the Indian sources for their religion, not just rely on works written by Tibetans. The modules cover sutras from the two broad styles of Buddhist practice, Hinayana and Mahayana.
Module 3 – Rice Seedling Sutra
11:00-17:30 on Sat 21 Jan and 10:30-16:00 on Sun 22 Jan 2012
11:00-17:30 on Sat 11 Feb and 10:30-16:00 on Sun 12 Feb 2012
11:00-17:30 on Sat 3 March and 10:30-16:00 on Sun 4 March 2012
Geshe Tashi will present excerpts from the Rice Seedling (Skt: Salistambha) Sutra. Though not widely known today it was considered an important Mahayana Sutra by the practitioners of ancient India. It was considered a key source for the Madhyamaka understanding of reality. The Sutra uses the analogy of the growth of a rice seedling from seed to explore dependent arising and the power of imputation. This sutra is seen as a key bridge between the Hinayana and Mahayana.
Module 4 – Inexhaustible Intelligence Sutra
11:00-17:30 on Sat 12 May and 10:30-16:00 on Sun 13 May 2012
11:00-17:30 on Sat 30 June and 10:30-16:00 on Sun 1 July 2012
Geshe Tashi will focus on extracts from the ‘Inexhaustible Intelligence’ (Skt: Aksayamati) Sutra. This Mahayana sutra sets out the inexhaustible qualities of a bodhisattva's practice and understanding in eighty topics. The extracts will cover the sections on the Four Reliances, the Four Foundations for Mindfulness and the Four Practices starting with thorough abandonment. The Four Reliances show how to rely healthily on the practices in the Buddha’s teachings and on the teachers of those practices. The Four Foundations for Mindfulness and the Four Practices set out the practices that people should do when they first start on the Mahayana path.
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