The third aspect of purification is the power of antidote, which is the topic of stanzas 54 to 59 of the second chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara explained by Rinpoche in this video (BA2_54-59).
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 2 videos.
If you prefer listening to the teaching in audio, use the audio player below.
The audio as well as the audio translations in different languages and the transcript of this teaching are all available on Chapter 2 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 2, which you can download here and in the Library section. Further recommended reading: the commentary book by Kunzang Pelden (Khenpo Kunpal), The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, p. 112-115.
You’re questions are most welcome. Please log in and leave your questions for Rinpoche as a comment below, or send them via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org. It is helpful if you can use one short paragraph and, if possible, less than 80 words. Any questions longer than that may have to be edited so please be concise. Questions will be collected from here on June 9, 2011, and included in Rinpoche’s answers video. After that date please send any questions relating to this video teaching via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org.
If you would like to volunteer in making transcripts of Rinpoche’s online teachings, or in making audio translations to your own language, please email us at shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.
Rinpoche is now back in Sikkim after his spring teaching tour. Here in this video (BA2Q7) Rinpoche answers the Online Shedra students’ questions which were submitted by June 2nd. These questions mainly concern purification and the stanzas 47-53 of the second chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 2 videos.
If you prefer listening to the teaching in audio, use the audio player below.
The audio as well as the audio translations in different languages and the transcript of this teaching are all available on Chapter 2 page.
If you would like to volunteer in making transcripts of Rinpoche’s online teachings, or in making audio translations to your own language, please email us at shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.
With this video (BA2_60-65) Rinpoche continues on the power of antidote and then finishes with the fourth and last power of purification, which is the power of resolution to not commit those negative deeds again. This teaching on stanzas 60 to 65 completes the second chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, The Confession, or Purification.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 2 videos.
If you prefer listening to the teaching in audio, use the audio player below.
The audio as well as the audio translations in different languages and the transcript of this teaching are all available on Chapter 2 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 2, which you can download here and in the Library section. Further recommended reading: the commentary book by Kunzang Pelden (Khenpo Kunpal), The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, p. 115-118.
You’re questions are most welcome. Please log in and leave your questions for Rinpoche as a comment below, or send them via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org. It is helpful if you can use one short paragraph and, if possible, less than 80 words. Any questions longer than that may have to be edited so please be concise. Questions will be collected from here on June 26, 2011, and included in Rinpoche’s answers video. After that date please send any questions relating to this video teaching via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org.
If you would like to volunteer in making transcripts of Rinpoche’s online teachings, or in making audio translations to your own language, please email us at shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.
With this video (BA2Q8) Rinpoche answers some of the questions submitted by Online Shedra students, mainly regarding stanzas 54-59 of the second chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 2 videos.
If you prefer listening to the teaching in audio, use the audio player below.
The audio as well as the audio translations in different languages and the transcript of this teaching are all available on Chapter 2 page.
If you would like to volunteer in making transcripts of Rinpoche’s online teachings, or in making audio translations to your own language, please email us at shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.
With video BA2Q9, Rinpoche answers the questions submitted by Online Shedra students regarding stanzas 60 to 65 of the second chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 2 videos.
If you prefer listening to the teaching in audio, use the audio player below.
The audio as well as the audio translations in different languages and the transcript of this teaching are all available on Chapter 2 page.
If you would like to volunteer in making transcripts of Rinpoche’s online teachings, or in making audio translations to your own language, please email us at shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.
This is a set of questions you can use to self assess your knowledge and understanding of the teachings and reference material relating to the second chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, “Confession”. You can use these questions if you find it helpful, but it is not compulsory.
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