Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 7, Answers to Written Questions 1

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Teachings on Bodhicharyavatara
Chapter 7: Diligence
Session 4
Answers to Written Questions 1

Rinpoche answers the presubmitted questions that were not yet answered in the Live webinar on July 26th.

The topics discussed are:
– Is it OK to do practices of more than one lineage?
– Is enlightenment a sort of renunciation?
– The signifigance of the understanding of completion stage in order to practice creation stage properly
– Why are the slogans on absolute bodhichitta in the beginning of Lojong
– Is it good to pray for non-Buddhist who have passed away
– Is a Bodhisattva refusing to grow up
– “Mind in the ultimate, actions in the relative”
– Is monastic life more diligent and thus more compassionate?
– TAM syllable

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