Arjia Rinpoche's Teachings in the Bay Area
A TEACHING BY ARJIA RINPOCHE Arjia Rinpoche is the Abbot of Kumbum Monastery in Amdo, one of the six great centers of Buddhism in Tibet. Born in Eastern Tibet, he is the reincarnation of the father of Je Lama Tsong-kha-pa, the founder of the Gelupa (Yellow Hat) Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Rinpoche is one of the most important religious leaders to leave Tibet since the Dalai Lama fled into exile in 1959. He is fluent in Tibetan, Chinese, and Mongolian, and since 1998, when he moved to California, he has been studying English as well. BUDDHIST SCHOLAR Since he was a young boy, Rinpoche has devoted his life to Buddhist studies. He has worked with more than ten lineage teachers, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Panchen Lama. At a very young age, he received many initiations and empowerments in sutric and tantric traditions from these masters. FOUNDATION
OF ALL GOOD QUALITIES This text by Lama Tsong Khapa outlines the basic Lam Rim teachings, the Buddhist path of Mahayhana and Vajaryhana including the five lessor arts and the five greater arts. The Foundation of All Good Qualities is a concise meaning of the Stages of the Path which was written as a companion to Attisha's Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment. Rinpoche will explain the text of The Foundation of All Good Qualities.
MANJUSHRI ORAL TRANSMISSION Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom. The youthful prince carries with his right hand the double--edged sword able to cut through illusion and with his left hand a blooming lotus that supports a volume of the Prajna-paramita Sutra. He is depicted as a youth of sixteen years in order to convey the Buddhist insight that wisdom is not a matter of mere experience or years, but results from the cultivation of intellectual genius, which can penetrate directly to the bedrock of reality. Wisdom is the most honored virtue in Buddhism, called the Mother of all Buddhas, since only wisdom makes possible the great bliss of total freedom from all suffering that is the goal of all living beings. Thus, Manjushri is one of the most important of all Buddhist deities, the veritable god of wisdom and herald of emancipation. Rinpoche will give Oral Transmission of Manjushri mantra practice to everyone present at this event. Teaching Schedules. Location
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The Yellow Hat Buddhist Center
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