Reviewing Chapter 8, discussing 8 freedoms and 10 fortunes required for a precious human life.
Reviewing Chapter 2, leading a discussion on three types of phenomena and different types of cognizers using various examples.
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads the "Meditation on the Buddha," and covers from Chapter 6 "How to Structure a Meditation Practice."
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review of the section in Chapter 24 “When a Person Seems to Be Speaking of Two Phenomena as if They Were Three Possibilities.”
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads an interactive review of pages 11-15 of "Approaching the Buddhist Path."
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review of the four point analysis meditation on emptiness, with focus on the first point of identifying the object of negation.
Venerable Thubten Tarpa reviews the teachings on serenity, focusing on what to take as your meditation object.
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review of meditative stabilization, focusing on the the six conditions necessary for developing serenity/calm abiding.
Venerable Thubten Tarpa reviews key concepts from Western philosophy and science, and the early Buddhist approach to the acquisition of knowledge.
Venerable Thubten Tarpa reviews the three phases of a meditation session and how to conduct our lives off of the cushion.
Venerable Thubten Tarpa covers advice for engaging in the comparison of phenomena, as per the methods taught in previous weeks.
Venerable Thubten Tarpa teaches on mutually inclusive phenomena and reviews mutually exclusive phenomena