3 DVDs. 12 Hours, Presented in Five Sessions.
In Tibetan with English Translation.
Recorded Live at Beacon Theatre September 23-25, 2006, New York City.
About the Teaching:
by Professor Robert A.F. Thurman
It is a great honor to host His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, for his bestowing of the radical "mind-transformation" (lojong) teaching called "The Sharp Weapon Blade Wheel" (tsonchay korlo), written by Dharmarakshita (10-11th century C. E.). This text was used as a root for the live heart teachings of many of Tibet's greatest spiritual masters, not only from the Kadampa and Gelukpa orders, but also from the Sakya, Nyingma, and Kagyu orders. For that matter, the "mind-transformation" teachings are the most fundamental teachings of all forms of Buddhism: all Buddhist teachings have the unvarying aim of isolating the individual's egocentric, self-preoccupation habit. They bring it up into the realistic light of the wisdom awareness that sees through the illusion of its having a solid basis. This makes it possible to see how such delusion results in suffering for oneself and others. Then, one naturally moves to gradually exchange it for the altruistic, other-preoccupation of love and compassion. The immediate result of this transformation is an amazing happiness and the long-term result is the complete freedom of nirvana.
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, 16:9, NTSC
- Language: Tibetan with English Translation
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 3
- Rating
- Studio: All Planet Network
- DVD Release Date: 2007
- Run Time: 11+ Hours
