INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
TUSHITA MEDITATION CENTRE, INDIA
TUSHITA MEDITATION CENTRE, INDIA
OVERVIEW
This course introduces the core Buddhist principals using the framework of the Four Noble Truths - the foundation of all Buddhist traditions.
The course then looks at how the Mahayana expands upon this basis and how the Vajrayana expands upon the Mahayana. Within the Mahayana the course provides a more detailed discussion of the two wings of practice of wisdom and compassion in terms of how to cultivate the wisdom of emptiness (shunyata) and how to develop the compassionate aspiration of bodhicitta. Finally the course looks at how the stages of the path to enlightenment (LAMRIM) is laid out within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
This course provides a mixture of theory and practice with the last two days just focusing on meditation.
The course then looks at how the Mahayana expands upon this basis and how the Vajrayana expands upon the Mahayana. Within the Mahayana the course provides a more detailed discussion of the two wings of practice of wisdom and compassion in terms of how to cultivate the wisdom of emptiness (shunyata) and how to develop the compassionate aspiration of bodhicitta. Finally the course looks at how the stages of the path to enlightenment (LAMRIM) is laid out within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
This course provides a mixture of theory and practice with the last two days just focusing on meditation.
FACILITATORS
Glen Svensson
(classes) |
Felipe Zabala
(meditations) |
MATERIALS
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1.1 Introduction
Day 2 - 4
Day 5 - 7
Day 8 - 9
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2.5 Med - nature of mind
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2.6 Med - eight worldly concerns
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3.1 Med - shamatha (abdomen)
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3.2 The three poisons
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3.3 Suffering and its causes
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3.4 Karma
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3.5 Med - dealing with attachment
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3.6 Med - loving-kindness
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4.1 Med - shamatha (nostrils)
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4.2 Short-term strategy
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4.3 Death and rebirth
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4.4 Wheel of life
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4.5 Med - dealing with anger
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4.6 Med - purification
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5.1 Med - shamatha (mind)
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5.2 The three vehicles
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5.3 The four immeasurables
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5.4 Bodhicitta
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5.5 Med - death awareness
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5.6 Med - equanimity
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6.1 Med - shamatha (awareness)
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6.2 No self
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6.3 Emptiness
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6.4 Emptiness practice
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6.5 Med - dependent-arising
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6.6 Med - empathetic joy
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7.1 Med - shamatha (awareness)
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7.2 Relying on a teacher
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7.3 Stages of the path (LAMRIM)
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7.4 Shamatha practice
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7.5 Med - refuge
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7.6 Med - precious human life
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8.1 Med - stillness in motion
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8.2 Med - shamatha (awareness)
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8.3 Med - emptiness of meditator
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8.4 Med - tong-len
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8.5 Med - Four Noble Truths
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8.6 Med - kindness of others
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8.7 Med - Chenresig
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9.1 Med - stillness in motion
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9.2 Med - vipashyana (awareness)
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9.3 Med - tong-len
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9.4 Med - genuine happiness
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9.5 Med - patience
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9.6 Med - loving-kindness
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9.7 Med - rejoicing
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10.1 Meditation advice
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10.2 General advice
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