Bodhicharyavatara - Guidelines

In 2010, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche kindly offered to give a series of detailed explanations on the Bodhicharyavatara through Bodhicharya website. Currently we are in Chapter 7. All the videos so far can be found in the playlist on a page dedicated for each chapter, and if you prefer, you can also listen to them in audio. They are approximately 20 minutes long.

To start from the beginning, please first take the Introduction and then go to Chapter 1.

Questions and Answers
Rinpoche has offered to answer students' questions regarding these teachings once in every two weeks on Zoom. The recordings of these sessions are added to the Chapter playlist. You are most welcome to join these sessions and ask your question live. Alternatively, you can leave your question as a comment to the teaching post it concerns. To leave comments you will need to register and log in as a member of the website. You can also send your question by email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org. Please be concise and use one short paragraph no more than 80 words. The questions will be collected for Rinpoche the day before each Live Q&A.

If your native language is not English and you find speaking and writing in English difficult, you are also welcome to send your question by email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org in your native language and it will be translated to English for Rinpoche. In that case, please send your question at least two days before the next Live Q&A session.

Questions en français

Si l'anglais n'est pas votre langue maternelle et s'il vous est difficile de vous exprimer dans cette langue, à l'oral ou à l'écrit, n'hésitez pas à nous faire parvenir vos questions par écrit dans votre langue maternelle. Celle-ci sera alors traduite en anglais pour Rinpohcé. Dans ce cas, merci d'envoyer votre question par mail au moins deux jours avant les séances de questions réponses en direct. Si votre question est en français, vous pouvez l'envoyer à Sebastien.Hinderer[at]ens-lyon.org. Pour toutes les autres langues, utilisez l'adresse studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org.

Reference texts and books
Rinpoche often refers to the famous commentary by Khenpo Kunpal (Kunzang Palden) which has been translated into English by Padmakara Translation Group as The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech. This book can be used as a reference. The English translation of the Bodhicharyavatara root text recommended for the study group is The Way of the Bodhisattva, translated by the Padmakara Translation Group and published by Shambhala Publications.  There are two editions of this book, the first edition is from the year 1997, and the revised edition is from 2008. They are not similar. Rinpoche will here refer to the revised edition.
Other languages
Teachings are given in English and the teaching transcripts are in English only. However, the Bodhicharyavatara as well as The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech have been translated into many other languages, and those translations can be consulted. A list of book translations can be found on Rigpa Wiki. Audio translations of Rinpoche’s video teachings are provided by volunteers into several languages, including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Finnish, and you can download them from the Chapter pages.

If your native language is not English and you find speaking and writing in English difficult, you are also welcome to send your question by email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org in your native language and it will be translated to English for Rinpoche. In that case, please send your question at least two days before the next Live Q&A session.

Questions en français

Si l'anglais n'est pas votre langue maternelle et s'il vous est difficile de vous exprimer dans cette langue, à l'oral ou à l'écrit, n'hésitez pas à nous faire parvenir vos questions par écrit dans votre langue maternelle. Celle-ci sera alors traduite en anglais pour Rinpohcé. Dans ce cas, merci d'envoyer votre question par mail au moins deux jours avant les séances de questions réponses en direct. Si votre question est en français, vous pouvez l'envoyer à Sebastien.Hinderer[at]ens-lyon.org. Pour toutes les autres langues, utilisez l'adresse studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org.

The last guideline
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