KEY TO HAPPINESS In this series, you will be listening to lightly edited audio teachings given by Gelek Rimpoche as part of the Sunday morning programs in Ann Arbor. During the years 2007 – 2009, Gelek Rimpoche gave teachings on occasional Sunday mornings as part of the weekly Sunday morning programs. In this series, twelve…
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4 aspects of the Third Noble Truths There are many wrong views about the cessation of suffering, like there is no state of liberation, or that liberation is temporary, or liberation is found in samsaric picnic spots or liberation is place you get born it. To counteract that, the 4 criteria of the Third Noble…
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WISDOM OF A SPIRITUAL LIFE In this series, you will be listening to lightly edited audio teachings given by Gelek Rimpoche at Jewel Heart New York in 2010. Within an ongoing Nyur Lam series, these five sessions with Gelek Rimpoche bring our attention to how wisdom can be developed on the basis of our everyday…
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4 Aspects of Second Noble Truth The four aspects of the Second Noble Truth are: causes, conditions, growing and very growing, counteracting wrong views that suffering either has no cause, or only one cause, in particular caused by a creator god. Being caused by causes and conditions allows us to change them. We are responsible…
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FOUNDATION OF ALL PERFECTIONS In this series, you will be listening to lightly edited audio teachings given by Gelek Rimpoche at Jewel Heart New York on Thursday evenings in 2000. The Foundation of All Perfections is Je Tsong Khapa’s shortest lam rim, a poetic and concise map that lays bare for us the potential of…
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SEM: NATURE OF MIND – ALBION, MI SUMMER 2003 In this series, you will be listening to original unedited audio teachings by Gelek Rimpoche. In this 2003 Joyful Summer Retreat held in Albion, MI, Gelek Rimpoche presents the important teachings known as sem in Tibetan, or the nature of mind. These teachings focus on the…
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THE UNIQUE PATH TO LIBERATION – GARRISON, NY FALL 2009 In this series, you will be listening to the original unedited audio recordings of Gelek Rimpoche’s weekend teachings during the 2009 Fall Retreat held at Garrison Institute, in Garrison, NY. On the basis of the “Meaningful Praise of Tsong Khapa” by the 17th century scholar…
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Definitions of 4 Noble Truths and 4 aspects of 1st Noble Truth The Definition of second, third and fourth noble truths are given and the 4 aspects of the 1st noble Truth, counteracting 4 wrong views: things are permanent, pure, joy in nature and have self nature, when in fact they are impermanent, suffering, contaminated…
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4 aspects of the 1st Noble Truth The four aspects of the 1st Noble Truth are: impermanence, suffering, emptiness and selflessness. The 1st Noble Truth; suffering, is contaminated,. born out of karma and delusion. It is contaminated, because it is oriented by and influenced by delusions, especially ignorance. It is also impermanent. Audio Only