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Rongton Unit 09: The Tibetan Wheel of Life $110.00
The Wheel of Life, or Bhavacakra, is an important concept of Buddhist philosophy. Subdivided into six realms, it explains the nature of existence of living beings. Lama Choedak teaches from extensive Buddhist sources on the Wheel of Life, explaining the details of the realms and sub-realms and how all mental events may be connected with one of the realms.
| Order Code | Tape Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WL00/T01 | Lecture 1 [18/7/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Introduction to the Tibetan wheel of life. | |||
| WL00/T02 | Lecture 2 (Tape 1) [25/7/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Brief recap of lecture 1. Realms of existence. Ignorance and its role in perpetuating the cycle of existence. Karmic inheritance. Mental formations / karma. Katayana and the painting of the wheel of life. Consciousness. Name and form. Role of meditation and study. Interdependent origination. | |||
| WL00/T03 | Lecture 2 (Tape 2) [25/7/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Interdependent origination ctd. The wheel of Dharma. 10 min | |||
| WL00/T04 | Lecture 3 [1/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Name and form ctd. Six senses. Contact. | |||
| WL00/T05 | Lecture 4 (Tape 1) [8/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Craving. Clinging. Becoming. | |||
| WL00/T06 | Lecture 4 (Tape 2) [8/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Becoming ctd. 10 min | |||
| WL00/T07 | Lecture 5 [15/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Conception. Birth. Old age. Death. Impermanence. | |||
| WL00/T08 | Lecture 6 (Tape 1) [22/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Specific forms. Specific rebirths. The three higher realism: God (Deva) realm, demigod realm & human realm. | |||
| WL00/T09 | Lecture 6 (Tape 2) [22/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Human realm ctd. 8 freedoms. 10 endowments. 15 min | |||
| WL00/T10 | Lecture 7 (Tape 1) [29/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| The 3 lower realms. The animal realm: fear, mutual killing. Meditating on compassion for animals: to reduce selfishness; to promote mindfulness and appreciation of human life. Hungry ghost realm. Hell realm: ultimate suffering; various types of hells | |||
| WL00/T11 | Lecture 7 (Tape 2) [29/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Purpose of meditation on the hell realms. 10 min | |||
| WL00/T12 | Lecture 8 (Summary and conclusion) [29/8/2000 0:00:00] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Appreciation of precious human rebirth in order to reduce the 3 poisons. Breaking the wheel of life. Turning the 3 poisons into the 3 higher trainings - morality (self-discipline), meditation & wisdom. Relationships of links to events in life. Invoking the disciplines of morality, meditation & wisdom. Approx 5 min of overdubbing at start of side B | |||