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'''[[Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche]]'s Teachings on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'', Chapter Nine, [[Rigpa Shedra]], [[Lerab Ling]], 2-17 June 2001'''

*2 June 2001<br>
Introduction: Approaches to Study<br>

*3 June 2001<br>
Introduction to the Buddhist Teachings and the Teachings on Emptiness<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 9 Verse 1<br>

*4 June 2001
The Madhyamaka School, Shunyata and Interdependent Origination<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 9 Verse 2<br>

*5 June 2001<br>
Attitude and Motivation to Study<br>
Relative and Absolute Truth (Verse 2)<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 9 Verses 3 – 15<br>

*6 June 2001<br>
Teachings on Shunyata<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 9 Verses 15-34<br>

*7 June 2001<br>
Egolessness of Self and Dharma<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 9 Verses 35 – 56<br>

*8 June 2001<br>
Egolessness<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Verses 56 - 77<br>
Tonglen Practice<br>
Study and Practice<br>

*9- 10 June 2001 <br>
Public weekend<br>
How to overcome suffering caused by clinging to the self through the practices of shamatha, contemplation and tonglen<br>
Becoming clear and free from the suffering of samsara—how to work with grasping at self in absolute way.<br>
Discipline of observing one’s mind (Personal Link Teaching)<br>

*11 June 2001<br>
ka and tenchö<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 9 Verses 78 – 87<br>

*12 June 2001<br>
Bodhicitta has to Grow<br>
Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 9 Verses 88 - 99  Mindfulness of the Feeling<br>

*13 June 2001<br>
Outline of Chapter 9<br>
How Studying Madhyamaka Applies to Everyday Life<br>
Bodhicharyavatara, Ch. 9, Verses 99 – 115<br>

*14 June 2001<br>
Two Categories of Dharma: Scripture and Realization<br>
Bodhicharyavatara, Verses 116-149<br>
Study, shyal shé <br>
Questions and Answers<br>

*15 June 2001<br>
Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the Two Truths, Categories of Logic and Reasoning, the Benefits of Realizing Emptiness<br>
Bodhicharyavatara, Ch. 9, Verses 150–167<br>
Advice from Ven. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, June 2001 How to Continue<br>

*16 June 2001<br>
Tibetan terms and questions and answers<br>

*17 June 2001<br>
Teaching on taking Refuge; Refuge vow and naming ceremony; receiving of Manjushri rupa, lung and citta abhisheka’s<br>
How mental thinking and emotions are connected to speech (Personal Link Teaching)<br>
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche’s parting words—a statement of his intention and his advice for continuing.<br>

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