A teaching on Gampopa’s book, Precious Garland of the Supreme Path, which is a collection of pith instructions in 27 chapters.
Part 1:
Introduction
10 Causes of Incompensatable Losses of Human Life; “What a loss!”
– Session ends with a lung for Shower of Blessings Guru Yoga
Part 2:
10 Necessary Things
– Everything that we need to practice dharma and to transform ourselves
Among the topics discussed in this session are:
– The 4 gurus
– Using these 3 things in life: mindfulness, attentiveness and carefulness
– Necessity of diligence and courage/confidence: to fail 100 times is not a failure, it’s learning from each time you fail
Part 3:
10 Things Upon Which to Rely
– However, nothing (even if you lack some of these 10) should ever be an excuse not to practice
– A lung for Milarepa sadhana 0:56:36 to 1:11:41
-Q&A
Photos thanks to Dr Conrad Harvey.