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These teachings are extracted from the opening sessions of the Light of the Path retreat, taught in September 2009 in North Carolina, USA by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. These are considered preliminary teaching in preparation for studying the lam-rim and are essential for making our daily life and practice most meaningful.
At the end of the Diamond Cutter Sutra, there is a powerful verse to help us reflect on emptiness and impermanence. This verse is also recited at the end of “Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha” a common prayer that is often recited in Prayers Before Teaching Occasions.
In contrast to Mind and Cognition part 1, Awarenesses and Knowers, which investigates how the mind knows, this subject focuses on the states that color and control the mind, known as the 51 mental factors. Based on one of the earliest systematization of the Buddha’s teachings, this practical guide offers us a key to identifying and cultivating positive attitudes that lead to peace and well-being.
The presentation of the various types of awarenesses and knowers explores the way we perceive and interpret the world around us. In fact, the path to enlightenment itself could be described as a progression from wrong forms of cognition to valid cognition, from ignorance and wrong view to the state of all-knowing wisdom.
This course is designed to provide practical instructions for the time of death to students who are interested in learning about death and dying from the Tibetan Buddhist perspective. This course is appropriate for beginners and does not assume that those who participate in this course know anything at all about Buddhism.
