ARYADEVA’S 400 STANZAS ON THE MIDDLE WAY, CHAPTER 4 With Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe In these sessions, Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues with Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way, a teaching series begun in 2013. These teachings were offered at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor on the weekend of September 9 – 11, 2016. Aryadeva’s poetic verses…
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Gelek Rimpoche

The root text we are using is about taking the path leading to the ultimate fully enlightened stage. I will give a very brief and short explanation, so that you can really gain some kind of understanding of what it is. In the sutra path, there are three major principles that have a lot of…
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Demo Rinpoche will offer a condensed summary of the Stages of Meditation, a meditation manual by the great ninth-century Indian master Kamalashila.  This Saturday workshop will combine teachings and guided meditations to gain a greater understanding of the relationship between our motivations and our actions. Open to all. SCHEDULE: Saturday, July 27, 10:00am – 12:00pm…
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Good morning everybody. We have come here to do a longevity and healing practice through Tara, or rather with the help of Tara, or maybe we should even say ‘within the sphere of Tara’s great energy’? The way in which the great masters of early generations have given this practice is not just to have…
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It is interesting. While we were reading those two chapters [ch. 4 and 5 in the Bodhisattvacharyavatara], they talk about how the bodhisattvas behave, how bodhisattvas function. One of them is very strange, saying that when you are talking to people, don’t point your finger at them, saying “Do this, do that.” They say, “Show…
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The bottom line. You will hear so many things; you will hear ‘dzog chen,’ and ‘mahamudra,’ and ‘uma,’ and all sorts of things. I have nothing against all of these. But I tell you: the bottom line is that this is supposed to be the real weapon which destroys the ego. If it is not…
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