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BA6_11 The Object of Patience
On February 15, 2013 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 6, Teachings
With video BA6_11 Rinpoche gives a commentary on stanza 11 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, which outlines the 72 objects of our practice of patience. Most of the times when we get angry or upset, one of these 72 things is the reason of our anger. We should try to understand this process and see whether it’s really of any use to get angry. Then we will be motivated to work on our patience and use the remedies that will be discussed in the following stanzas. This is how we cultivate our emotional intelligence.
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BA6_6-10 Anger Is the Enemy
On February 8, 2013 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 6, Teachings
With video BA6_6-10 Rinpoche continues his commentary on Shantideva’s analysis of anger and why it is so destructive. These are stanzas 6 to 10 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 6 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 6 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 6, which you can download here and in the Library. Further recommended reading: the commentary book by Kunzang Pelden (Khenpo Kunpal), The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, p. 200-201.
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 Friday, February 15, 2013, 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.
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BA5Q6 Questions and Answers 6 (Chapter 5)
On February 1, 2013 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5Q6 Rinpoche answers the concluding questions concerning Chapter 5 of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
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Shedra Survey Reminder
On January 26, 2013 in Bodhicharyavatara, Teachings
Dear Friends,
We’d like to encourage anyone who has not already completed the Shedra Survey to please do so, if you can, before the deadline on January the 31st.
We have already had a good response, but everyone’s contribution would be welcome so that we can make the Online Shedra as good and easy to follow as possible.
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Thank you for your responses so far!
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Shedra Survey for Bodhicharya Online Shedra Students
On January 19, 2013 in News, Teachings
Dear Friends,
It would be extremely helpful if you could take a few moments to fill in our survey, on how you have found the Online Shedra so far, and how it might best continue as we move forward.
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Thank you!
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BA6_1-5 Patience
On January 4, 2013 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 6, Teachings
We are now starting the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Patience, with Rinpoche’s teaching on stanzas 1 to 5. Emotions of anger and hatred are regarded as the opposite of bodhichitta. In order to get rid of them we need to practice patience.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 6 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 6 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 6, which you can download here and in the Library. Further recommended reading: the commentary book by Kunzang Pelden (Khenpo Kunpal), The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, p. 197-200.
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 Friday, January 11, 2013, 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.
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Some Self Study Questions for the Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5
On December 29, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
Last week we finished the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection. The New Year will begin with a new chapter — Chapter 6, Patience — which we will start next weekend.
This is again a set of questions you can use to self assess your knowledge and understanding of the teachings relating to the chapter we have just studied through. Please feel free to use these questions as you find helpful. Here you can download them as a pdf file.
You may answer these questions either from your memory alone or by referring to the materials you have available. Answers can be found in the video teachings listed below, but you can also refer to the root text The Way of the Bodhisattva, the transcript of Rinpoche’s teachings from 1997-2001 or the commentary book by Khenpo Kunpal.
BA5_71-75 How to Accumulate More Positive Deeds. Part 1
On December 23, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_71-75 Rinpoche continues on the second of the three disciplines, the actual accumulation of positive deeds, as discussed in stanzas 71 to 75 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 185-186.
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 Friday, November 30, 2012, 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.
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BA5_97-109 Additional Instructions & Conclusion
On December 22, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_97-109 Ringu Tulku gives some additional instructions for the bodhisattva practice from stanzas 97 to 107 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection. The chapter is then concluded with stanzas 108 and 109.
“But all this must be acted out in truth,
For what is to be gained by mouthing syllables?
What invalid was ever helped
By merely reading in the doctor’s treatises?”
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 193-196.
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 Friday, January 4, 2013, 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.
BA5_91-96 How to Work for the Benefit of Others. Part 2
On December 15, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_91-96 Rinpoche continues the instruction on how to work for the benefit of others, as laid out in stanzas 91 to 96 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection. These are about being mindful of the manners of society and the cultural context and avoiding actions that would cause misunderstanding and disappointment, and how to use the whole cycle of day and life in a purposeful way.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 192-193.
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 Friday, January 4, 2013, 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.
BA5_84-90 How to Work for the Benefit of Others. Part 1
On December 8, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
Now we come to the third shila, which is the discipline of working for the benefit of other beings. There are three topics concerning this. With video BA5_84-90 Rinpoche discusses the first two: abiding in working for the benefit of others, and the actual giving of material things and teachings. These are stanzas 84 to 90 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 189-191.
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 Friday, December 14, 2012, 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.
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BA5_76-83 How to Accumulate More Positive Deeds. Part 2
On December 1, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_76-83 Rinpoche completes the teaching from the section on the discipline of accumulating positive deeds, with stanzas 76 to 83 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 186-189.
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 Friday, December 7, 2012, 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.
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BA5_59-70 Lessening Our Attachment to Our Body in Order to Accumulate More Positive Actions
On November 29, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_59-70 we come to the second shila or discipline: the accumulation of positive actions. Here Rinpoche explains stanzas 59 to 70 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, which are talking about giving up the attachment to our body and making it work for us in order to do more positive deeds for the long term benefit of all beings and ourselves.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 182-185.
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 Friday, October 10, 2012, 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.
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BA5_56-58 Maintaining the Discipline of Refraining from Negativity
On November 22, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_56-58 Rinpoche explains stanzas 56 to 58 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, which conclude the section on discipline of refraining from negativity. Rinpoche has now travelled to Ralang Monastery for the Empowerments of the Treasury of Kagyu Tantras. The transmissions will continue until mid-October. It’s not likely that Rinpoche can send new recordings during this time, so there is an extended timeline for study questions for this and the next week’s video teaching. Your questions regarding these as well as all the previous teachings are warmly welcome.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 181-182.
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 Friday, October 10, 2012, 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.
BA5Q5 Questions and Answers 5 (Chapter 5)
On November 12, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5Q5 Rinpoche answers the questions submitted concerning stanzas 54-70 of Chapter 5 of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
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Invitation for the Online Shedra Community
On November 10, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Teachings
While looking forward to receiving new teachings on the Bodhicharyavatara from Ringu Tulku again after the Empowerments in Ralang Monastery and the wonderful teaching tour in Asia, we hope that everybody has been healthy and happy during these past weeks and also had the opportunity to catch up with the videos so far and perhaps study them in more depth.
BA5_54-55 The Nine Points of Practicing Virtue
On September 2, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
After a summer break we continue with video BA5_54-55, which Rinpoche sent after returning from the teaching tour. This is a teaching on stanzas 54 and 55 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara and the Nine Points of Practicing Virtue.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 180-181.
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 Friday, September 7, 2012, 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.
New Teachings for the Online Shedra from Beginning of September
On August 12, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, News, Teachings
Dear Friends,
As you may have noticed we are in the middle of a summer break here at the Bodhicharya Online Shedra. It’s the holiday season in many countries, so we wish you all a very nice summer vacation. Of course, this is also a good time for catching up on the previous teachings, if you like. You will find all the latest videos here: https://bodhicharya.org/blog/category/study/study-teachings/bodhicharyavatara/ (more…)
BA5Q4 Questions and Answers 4 (Chapter 5)
On July 12, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5Q4 Rinpoche answers some of the questions submitted concerning stanzas 34-53 of Chapter 5 of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 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.
BA5_50-53 Protecting the Training from Declining. Part 2.
On June 30, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_50-53 Rinpoche continues the explanation of the 27 reactions we should be mindful of and when we notice them in our mind, delay our action and remain like a log. These are stanzas 50 to 53 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 179-180.
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 Friday, July 6, 2012, 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.
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BA5_45-49 Protecting the Training from Declining. Part 1.
On June 23, 2012 in Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5, Teachings
With video BA5_45-49 Rinpoche explains stanzas 45 to 49 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara. This begins the second point of the two introduced in the previous teaching: how to maintain the abstaining from negative actions with the tool of mindfulness and awareness. In this section Shantideva mentions 27 sources of misconduct, states of mind we should be aware and mindful of and not react with, and here we go through nine of them.
To view the video, simply click on the image to view all the Chapter 5 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 5 page.
We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 5, 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. 178-179.
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 Friday, June 29, 2012, 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.
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