at the
Tibetan Center for Compassion and Wisdom
610 16th Street, Suite 22, Oakland, CA 94612
For more information call
(415) 383-8824
Teaching Schedule (Every Sunday
between 2 pm - 4 pm)
Lamrim is one of the richest
traditions in Tibetan Buddhism. Vast and
profound, it provides all of Buddha's
teachings in a clear, step-by-step path to
enlightenment.
The Lamrim tradition started with
Lama Tsong Khapa or Je Rinpoche. Je Rinpoche
was said to have received the teaching from
Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom.
Following is the headlines from each
stage of Lamrim:
1. Relying Upon a
Spiritual Guide ( learning from someone
already on the path )
2. The Preciousness of
Human Life ( the importance of using life for
something valuable )
3. Death and Impermanence (
uncertainty of death and the unsatisfactory
nature of this world )
4. The Danger of being
Reborn in a Lower Realm of Existence.
5. Taking Refuge from
Samsara ( the cycle of endless grasping and
eventual disappointment )
6. Karma ( the law of cause
and effect which works in this world as well
as at esoteric levels )
7. Developing Renunciation
for Samsara ( integrating spiritual
understanding and values )
8. Developing Equanimity (
accepting, and seeing past, both good and bad
experience )
9. Recognizing that all
Beings are as Precious as our Mothers ( the
beginnings of bodhichitta )
10. Remembering the
Kindness of Others
11. Equalizing Self and
Others ( realizing that we all want, and
deserve, to be happy )
12. The Disadvantage of
Self-Cherishing
13. The Advantage of
Cherishing Others ( loosening the hold of ego
through caring )
14. Exchanging Self with
Others
15. Developing Great
Compassion
16. Taking Responsibility
to Relieve Others' Burdens ("exchanging
self with others" in action )
17. Sharing One's Own Good
Fortune with Others
18. Bodhichitta ( the
desire to attain full enlightenment for the
sake of all beings )
19. Tranquil Abiding (
developing advanced stages of concentration )
20. Superior Seeing (
developing emptiness--that is,
non-identification with the personal ego )
Audio LamRim
The LamRim teaching was recorded at the Tibetan Center
for Compassion and Wisdom, Oakland, CA. We are testing to
find a reasonable approach to upload incoming teaching records
to the site. Please try to reach to audio files of Arjia Rinpoche's
LamRim teachings in Chinese. I used the MP3 format for sound
files and the JPG format for image files. New URL is: http://www.chineselamrim.com
