via Dennis Paulson DALAI LAMA TEACHING NOW IN NYC: Before nearly 3000 at Manhattans Beacon Theater Oct. 18th, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama began teaching from the Heart Sutra with these words, as detailed at greater length on his website at: dalailama/news/post/1017-teaching-from-the-8000-verse-perfection-of-wisdom-sutra-the-sutra-of-truly-remembering-the-sublime-three-jewels-and-the-heart-sutra Again, these Dalai Lama live webcasts of Oct. 18-20 (the schedule for which I posted here Oct. 17th) are translated into English, Russian and Mandarin (His Holiness is speaking Tibetan) can be viewed at: dalailamany.org/livestream H.H. Dalai Lama began these three days of NYC teachings to nearly 3000 with these words: Good morning everybody. Once again, we have the opportunity to gather together as many of us have done previously. How many of you have listened to an explanation of the Heart Sutra before? Raise your hands. So, since our previous meeting, how much progress have you made? The purpose of giving teachings like this is for us to be able to transform our minds, our emotions. . .not to become holier, but to become happier, and ultimately to become a Buddha. He related the words of the mantra from the Heart Sutra--Go, go, go beyond, go perfectly beyond, enlightened, so be it--to the paths of accumulation, preparation, insight, meditation and no more learning, or the attainment of enlightenment. He quoted the Buddha as saying that every sentient being with consciousness, possesses the essence of Buddhahood, adding that: If that seed is nurtured, it will grow, but you have to make the effort. That is the main purpose of a discussion or teaching like this. Again, please see H.H. Dalai Lamas website for the remainder of the essence of what he taught Oct. 18th, at: dalailama/news/post/1017-teaching-from-the-8000-verse-perfection-of-wisdom-sutra-the-sutra-of-truly-remembering-the-sublime-three-jewels-and-the-heart-sutra As His Holiness has repeatedly stated every year hes taught, no matter where on our Earth: As it says in the Sutras: Abandon evildoing; practice virtue well; subdue your mind; this is the Buddha’s teaching (also in his book For the Benefit of All Beings, p. 3). HEART SUTRA: TADYATHA [OM] GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA • Dalai Lama reciting prajna paramita heart sutra mantra: youtube/watch?v=7antlzYy5cA&feature=youtu.be • Dalai Lama Heart Sutra: youtube/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=aMnKHZCcfYA • Heart Sutra Mantra With Lyrics: youtu.be/z0jcx9fnoWc DALAI LAMA ON THE HEART SUTRA: The process of overcoming our defilements goes in conjunction with gaining higher levels of realization. In fact, when we speak of gaining higher levels of realization in Buddhism, we are speaking primarily of the processes through which our wisdom and insight deepen. It is actually the wisdom aspect that enables the practitioner to move from one level to the next on the path. The attainment of the levels of the path is explained in condensed form in the Heart Sutra, where we find the mantra: tadyatha om gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha. Tadyatha means It is thus; gate gate means go, go; paragate means go beyond and transcend; parasamgate means go utterly beyond, go thoroughly beyond, and bodhi svaha means firmly rooted in enlightenment.--From His Holinesss Lighting the Way, pp. 25-26
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