Watch His Holiness the Dalai Lama Teach Then Join Geshe Lobsang Yonten For Review Sessions

Lama Tsongkhapa, www.lamayeshe.com.

The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama has listed a number of upcoming livestreaming events on www.dalailama.com for the month of August, and one so far for September 2020.

The first event in August is a three-day teaching requested by Tibetan youth. 

Lama Tsongkhapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination

Once again the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Singapore will be offering an optional review session online following each day's teaching by His Holiness.

The Events

The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote, "His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a three-day teaching on Tsongkapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) on the mornings of August 4, 5 and 6, 2020 from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) at the request of Tibetan youth. 

"He will also field questions from the same group from 10 am to 10.30 am. 

"Those interested may watch the live webcast of the teachings in Tibetan with translation in English, Chinese, Hindi, French, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Mongolian, Korean, German, Portuguese and Italian on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast.

"For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live"

Tibetan Buddhist Centre wrote, "Post Teaching Revision - Je Tsongkapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination. Our Centre resident teacher, Ven. Geshe Yonten-la, will be conducting a revision class 10 minutes after the teachings by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama."

August 4-6, 2020 review sessions, Tibetan Buddhist Centre.

Schedule

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

August 4, 5 and 6, 2020

9:00 AM IST - 10:30 AM IST

(August 3, 4, and 5, 2020 from 8:30 PM PT - 10:00 PM PT)

Tibetan Buddhist Centre

August 4, 5, and 6, 2020

10:40 AM IST - 12:10 PM IST

(August 3, 4, and 5, 2020 from 10:10 PM PT - 11:40 PM PT)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Korean monastics 2019, www.face2news.com.

Watch the Live Events

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Watch "In Praise of Dependent Origination - Day 1" on the Dalai Lama Archive YouTube channel.

On Days 2 and 3 visit the Dalai Lama Archive YouTube channel to watch the livestreams. The individual Day 2 and Day 3 livestream video links are not yet posted.

Tibetan Buddhist Centre

Register in advance to join the review sessions on Zoom.

You can check the Tibetan BuddhistCentre YouTube channel to see if recordings of the review sessions held on Zoom have been posted.

Watch recordings of the review sessions offered July 17-19, 2020, following His Holiness the Dalai Lama's three-day teaching on Chandrakirti's Entering the Middle Way (uma jukpa) at the request of Nalanda Shiksha, a group of Indian Buddhists.

Lama Tsongkhapa

An article about His Holiness the Dalai Lama's July 2014 teaching on In Praise of Dependent Origination said, "'Today's teaching is a text by the great master and manifestation of Manjushri, Je Tsongkhapa, whose collected writings comprise 18 volumes,' His Holiness observed. 'His elucidation of both philosophy and tantra was such that when he declared his own teacher Rendawa the 'crown jewel of scholar in Tibet', Rendawa returned the compliment saying it was more appropriate to him. His reading of the Indian classics was thorough and his analysis of them remarkable. He was able to consult Manjushri initially through the visions of his teacher Lama Umapa and later developed his own visions. It was Manjushri who told him that Rendawa would be the best person to teach him the Madhyamaka view, advising that what the teacher could not explain he could discover by reading the Indian treatises.

"He had his first vision of Manjushri in retreat, in the course of which he was given a terse explanation of emptiness that he found hard to understand. Manjushri advised him to do practices that would clear defilements and accumulate merit, so he went into retreat again to do so. He also had a vision of the five masters of Madhyamaka-Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Buddhapalita, Bhavaviveka and Chandrakirti. From amongst them, Buddhapalita, who he noticed had a bluish, dark complexion, came forward and touched the book he carrying to Tsongkhapa's head. Subsequently, he acquired and read the treatise known as Buddhapalita and gained an insight into emptiness.

"When I was small, I was able to memorize this 'In Praise of Dependent Origination' in one morning. Later, I asked the monks of Namgyal Monastery to memorize it too. It is a text that bears the blessings of the hard work Tsongkhapa put into understanding emptiness. I received the transmission of it from the Kinnauri Lama, Gyen Rigzin Tenpa, who in turn had heard it from Khangsar Rinpoche."

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