Class #15: Buddhist Path of Awakening Course; An Introduction to Buddhism
The Path of Individual Liberation, Chapter 1-19
An online introduction to buddhism course class focusing on chapters 1 through 19 from the book The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume I, The Path of Individual Liberation by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
See below on how to request access to our past recordings.
Class Topics Include:
“The Four Marks of Existence,” ”Buddhadharma Fever”, “Relating with a Teacher”, “Practice and Study”, “The 12 Nidanas“, “Wheel of Dharma”, “The Painful Reality of Samsara”, “Taking Refuge & Meaning of Refuge Vows”, “The First Jewel described in The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels” and more. Taught by John Baker, Laura Read and Barry Cunningham.
Zoom Video Recordings of Class
Class #8, Volume 1, Chapter 9 from The Path of Individual Liberation (Part 2). ” The Painful Reality of Samsara” Laura Read discussed the Six Realms (Loka) of samsaric existence, portraits of the different styles of confusion which we can be reborn into, psychologically and physically. John Baker discusses the Three Worlds and the Buddhist teachings on rebirth. Recorded October 20. 2020. Request access to our video recordings here.
Wheel of Life: The Three Poisons. Request access to our video recordings here.
About the Book The Path of Individual Liberation
THE PROFOUND TREASURY OF THE OCEAN OF DHARMA, VOLUME ONE
By CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA
Edited by Judith L. Lief
The foundational teachings of Buddhism—presented here in volume one of Chögyam Trungpa''s magnum opus, which offers a systematic overview of the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism
This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path of the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana. Considered Chögyam Trungpa’s masterpiece, The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma will resonate with new and senior students of Buddhism.
Chögyam Trungpa begins his study by presenting the teachings of the hinayana. The hinayana introduces core Buddhist teachings on the nature of mind, the practice of meditation, the reality of suffering, and the possibility of liberation. It examines the nature of suffering, impermanence, and egolessness, with an emphasis on personal development through meditative discipline and study. The formal entry into the hinayana and the Buddhist path altogether is the refuge vow, in which a student goes for refuge to the Buddha, or the teacher; the dharma, or the teachings; and the sangha, or the community. The hinayana path is based on training in mindfulness and awareness, cultivating virtue, and cutting grasping.
Topics covered in detail in this volume include the four noble truths, karma, the four foundations of mindfulness, meditation practice, the refuge vows, the three jewels, the five skandhas, the five precepts, twofold egolessness, and more.
