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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WL00/1 | Lecture 1 [18-07-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Introduction to the Tibetan wheel of life. | |||
| WL00/2 | Lecture 2 (Tape 1) [25-07-2000] 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. | |||
| WL00/3 | Lecture 2 (Tape 2) [25-07-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Interdependent origination ctd. The wheel of Dharma. 10 min | |||
| WL00/4 | Lecture 3 [01-08-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Name and form ctd. Six senses. Contact. | |||
| WL00/5 | Lecture 4 (Tape 1) [08-08-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Craving. Clinging. Becoming. | |||
| WL00/6 | Lecture 4 (Tape 2) [08-08-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Becoming ctd. 10 min | |||
| WL00/7 | Lecture 5 [15-08-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Conception. Birth. Old age. Death. Impermanence. | |||
| WL00/8 | Lecture 6 (Tape 1) [22-08-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Specific forms. Specific rebirths. The three higher realism: God (Deva) realm; demigod realm & human realm. | |||
| WL00/9 | Lecture 6 (Tape 2) [22-08-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Human realm ctd. 8 freedoms. 10 endowments. 15 min | |||
| WL00/10 | Lecture 7 (Tape 1) [29-08-2000] 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 | |||
| WL00/11 | Lecture 7 (Tape 2) [29-08-2000] Lama Choedak Rinpoche | ||
| Purpose of meditation on the hell realms. 10 min | |||
| WL00/12 | Lecture 8 (Summary and conclusion) [29-08-2000] 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 | |||