Shedra 2009 Teachings on Mipham Rinpoche's commentary on the Uttaratantra Shastra - Part 2

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This is part 2 of the teachings on the Uttaratantra Shastra.

We are at the fourth vajra point, Buddha nature, within a detailed explanation of the ten attributes of the element (khams):

3.2.2.2.1.3.2 The result accomplished by action
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.1 Teaching common to both what is to be attained and what attains it
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2 Detailed explanations of the nature of each individually
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2.1 The result that is to be attained
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2.1.1 How the opposites, which are to be abandoned, are abandoned
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2.1.2 How, by abandoning these, the four results are obtained
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2.1.3 How, by abandoning them, liberation from the two extremes is attained
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2.2 The action that attains it
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2.2.1 If there were no dharmadhatu, there would be no idea of rejecting samsara and adopting nirvana
3.2.2.2.1.3.2.2.2.2 The action of the affinity being present is that the faults and qualities are understood
3.2.2.2.1.3.3 How they are endowed with all the qualities
3.2.2.2.1.3.3.1 Teaching common to possession of qualities of both cause and result

• Teaching of 17-Jan-2009: The four Qualities, the four Obscurations and their Antidotes
  online: 20090117PH1030DP.mp3
  Mipham gsung 'bum p.386-391, verses 34-42.

3.2.2.2.1.3.3.2 Explanation of the nature of each
3.2.2.2.1.3.3.2.1 Possessing the cause qualities
3.2.2.2.1.3.3.2.2 Possessing the result qualities
3.2.2.2.1.3.4 Its implementation , which is different according to the individual
3.2.2.2.1.3.4.1 How it was taught through its implementation by the three kinds of individual
3.2.2.2.1.3.4.2 How it is progressively purified in those three kinds of individual
3.2.2.2.1.3.5 The phases merely nominally distinct
3.2.2.2.1.3.5.1 How the three phases are named
3.2.2.2.1.3.5.2 How all three are what is defined by the six points
3.2.2.2.1.3.6 It is omnipresent, like space
3.2.2.2.1.3.6.1 How the non-conceptual state pervades everything
3.2.2.2.1.3.6.2 How its general characteristic is indivisible
3.2.2.2.1.3.7 It is forever unchanging
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.1 Showing the phases to be unchanging
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2 Detailed explanation of how this is so
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1 There is no change in the phase of impurity
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1 .How it is unchanging like space
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.1 Brief teaching
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2 Detailed explanation
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.1 How phenomena apparently arise and perish
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.2 The absolute nature does not perish
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.3 Detailed explanation of the true nature
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.3.1 The analogy

• Teaching of 18-Jan-2009: Result, Endowment and Entrance According to Different Types of Individuals
  online: 20090118PH1030DP.mp3
  Mipham gsung 'bum p.391-396, verses 43-55.

3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.3.2 What it illustrates
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.3.3 How the two are related
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.4 How adventitious samsara changes
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.2.5 How its nature is unchanging
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.1.3 Summary of these five sections
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.2 Particular explanation
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.2.1 It is unchanging, devoid of arising and perishing
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.1.2.2 Changingness is like the three fires
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.2 It is unchanging in the phase of impurity and purity
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.2.1 The main subject: it is not changed by birth and so forth
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.2.1.1 How the unchanging appears to change
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.2.1.2 Detailed explanation of that point
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.2.1.2.1 They are unchanged by the conditioning causes of suffering
3.2.2.2.1.3.7.2.2.1.2.2 They appear to change by the power of compassion

• Teaching of 20-Jan-2009: The element is unchanging like space.
  online: 20090120PH1030DP.mp3
  Mipham gsung 'bum p.396-400, verses 56-68.

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