Bodhicharyavatara

Rinpoche in Berlin 2010. Photo by Seseg Jigjitova.Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is now giving teachings on the Bodhicharyavatara for the Online Shedra. We hope you will partake in this wonderful opportunity to study this important text with Rinpoche. No registration is required.

You are encouraged to leave study questions in the comment section under the latest teaching. Rinpoche will address the questions with a Q&A video approximately once a week. If you are catching up, you can also send questions regarding the previous teachings and not only the latest ones by email to studyquestions@bodhicharya.org.

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With this video (BA6_67-75) Ringu Tulku explains how those negative actions are done out of ignorance. It’s up to us to end this spiral, which otherwise could go on for generations. If I react with patience and loving kindness instead of hatred, then, even if that requires some sacrifice now, it will prevent more problems in the long run, and contribute to happiness of everybody. At least, I have started a more positive way of life for myself. If I can do this, I should rejoice. That’s the true dharma practice. This is Rinpoche’s commentary on stanzas 67 to 75 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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A transcript of this teaching will soon be available here and in the Library.

We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 6, which you can download here and in the Library section. Further recommended reading: the commentary book by Kunzang Pelden (Khenpo Kunpal), The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, p. 214-216.

You’re questions are most welcome. Please log in and leave your questions for Rinpoche as a comment below, or send them via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org. It is helpful if you can use one short paragraph and, if possible, less than 80 words. Any questions longer than that may have to be edited so please be concise. Questions will be collected from here on Friday, June 21, and included in Rinpoche’s answers video. After that date please send any questions relating to this video teaching via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org.

Guidelines is a useful resource with some practical information regarding the Online Shedra. If you have any further questions, suggestions and wishes, don’t hesitate to contact us via shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.

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One of the most difficult times to have patience is when our religion, our teachers, or our loved ones are harmed. Even then, however, there is no reason to be angry. We should of course do whatever we can to prevent and stop that, but we should remain patient. This is Rinpoche’s commentary on stanzas 64 to 66 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.  (BA6_64-66)

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If you are not able to use the flash player, you can download the audio file here or from the RSS feed.

A transcript of this teaching can be downloaded here and in the Library.

We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 6, which you can download here and in the Library section. Further recommended reading: the commentary book by Kunzang Pelden (Khenpo Kunpal), The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, p. 214.

You’re questions are most welcome. Please log in and leave your questions for Rinpoche as a comment below, or send them via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org. It is helpful if you can use one short paragraph and, if possible, less than 80 words. Any questions longer than that may have to be edited so please be concise. Questions will be collected from here on Friday, June 14, and included in Rinpoche’s answers video. After that date please send any questions relating to this video teaching via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org.

Guidelines is a useful resource with some practical information regarding the Online Shedra. If you have any further questions, suggestions and wishes, don’t hesitate to contact us via shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.

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With video BA6_61-63 Rinpoche finishes the topic continued from previous videos — why we should remain patient when we are slandered or insulted — as explained in stanzas 61 to 63 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.

To view the video, simply click on the triangle in the movie player on the left.

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If you are not able to use the flash player, you can download the audio file here or from the RSS feed.

A transcript of this teaching can be downloaded here and in the Library.

We are also studying the commentary transcript on Chapter 6, which you can download here and in the Library section. Further recommended reading: the commentary book by Kunzang Pelden (Khenpo Kunpal), The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, p. 213-214.

You’re questions are most welcome. Please log in and leave your questions for Rinpoche as a comment below, or send them via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org. It is helpful if you can use one short paragraph and, if possible, less than 80 words. Any questions longer than that may have to be edited so please be concise. Questions will be collected from here on Friday, June 7, and included in Rinpoche’s answers video. After that date please send any questions relating to this video teaching via email to studyquestions[at]bodhicharya.org.

Guidelines is a useful resource with some practical information regarding the Online Shedra. If you have any further questions, suggestions and wishes, don’t hesitate to contact us via shedra[at]bodhicharya.org.

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With video BA6Q4 Ringu Tulku Rinpoche answers the questions submitted during April and early May concerning Chapter 6 of the Bodhicharyavatara.
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With stanzas 54 to 60 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara Ringu Tulku continues on the section started in the previous teaching: why we should be patient when slandered or insulted. Rinpoche recorded this new video in Berlin after his North American tour. (BA6_54-60)
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With video BA6Q3 Ringu Tulku kindly answers some more questions submitted concerning the first few verses of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara and some earlier stanzas as well.
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With video BA6Q2 Ringu Tulku kindly answers the questions submitted regarding stanzas 12 to 53 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.
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Warmest thanks to everybody who participated in the Shedra Survey in January!

A pdf summary of the survey is now available for downloading from the Survey Page.

Many of you will have the wonderful opportunity to meet Rinpoche on his Spring Tour. We expect to receive new video teachings from Rinpoche during his tour, although less regularly.

 

 

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With his commentary on stanzas 50 and 51 Rinpoche completes the section on how to practise patience towards those who cause us harm, and then begins the section on how to practise patience under humiliation and insult, with stanzas 52 and 53 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara. (BA6_50-53)
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BA6_34-49 No Reason to Be Angry with Those Who Harm Us

16 March 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

The third way of practising patience towards those who are causing us harm is by understanding why it is not reasonable to be angry with them. This is Rinpoche’s commentary on stanzas 34 to 49 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara. (BA6_34-49)

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BA6_22-33 Looking at the Nature of Things

9 March 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA6_22-33 Rinpoche gives his commentary on stanzas 22 to 33 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara. The second way to practice patience towards those who have given us pain and problems is by understanding the way things are; that everything is conditional and interdependently arising.

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BA6Q1 Questions and Answers 1 (Chapter 6)

2 March 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA6Q1 Rinpoche answers some questions concerning stanzas 1-11 of Chapter 6 of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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BA6_12-21 Forbearance of Suffering

23 February 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA6_12-21 Ringu Tulku gives a commentary on stanzas 12 to 21 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara. This starts the detailed explanation on the actual practice of patience, which Rinpoche first outlines. Then, the first subsection to go through is how to practice patience towards those who have given us pain and [...]

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BA6_11 The Object of Patience

15 February 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA6_11 Rinpoche gives a commentary on stanza 11 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, which outlines the 72 objects of our practice of patience. Most of the times when we get angry or upset, one of these 72 things is the reason of our anger. We should try to understand this process and [...]

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BA6_6-10 Anger Is the Enemy

8 February 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA6_6-10 Rinpoche continues his commentary on Shantideva’s analysis of anger and why it is so destructive. These are stanzas 6 to 10 of the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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BA5Q6 Questions and Answers 6 (Chapter 5)

1 February 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5Q6 Rinpoche answers the concluding questions concerning Chapter 5 of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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Shedra Survey Reminder

26 January 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

Dear Friends,
We’d like to encourage anyone who has not already completed the Shedra Survey to please do so, if you can, before the deadline on January the 31st.
We have already had a good response, but everyone’s contribution would be welcome so that we can make the Online Shedra as good and easy to follow as [...]

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Shedra Survey for Bodhicharya Online Shedra Students

19 January 2013 Chapter 6

Dear Friends,
It would be extremely helpful if you could take a few moments to fill in our survey, on how you have found the Online Shedra so far, and how it might best continue as we move forward.
Please click here to open the survey:
Shedra Survey
Thank you!
 
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BA6_1-5 Patience

4 January 2013 Bodhicharyavatara

We are now starting the Sixth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Patience, with Rinpoche’s teaching on stanzas 1 to 5. Emotions of anger and hatred are regarded as the opposite of bodhichitta. In order to get rid of them we need to practice patience.

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Some Self Study Questions for the Bodhicharyavatara, Chapter 5

29 December 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

Last week we finished the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection. The New Year will begin with a new chapter — Chapter 6, Patience – which we will start next weekend.
This is again a set of questions you can use to self assess your knowledge and understanding of the teachings relating to the chapter we [...]

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BA5_97-109 Additional Instructions & Conclusion

22 December 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_97-109 Ringu Tulku gives some additional instructions for the bodhisattva practice from stanzas 97 to 107 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection. The chapter is then concluded with stanzas 108 and 109.

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BA5_91-96 How to Work for the Benefit of Others. Part 2

15 December 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_91-96 Rinpoche continues the instruction on how to work for the benefit of others, as laid out in stanzas 91 to 96 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection. These are about being mindful of the manners of society and the cultural context and avoiding actions that would cause misunderstanding and disappointment, [...]

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BA5_84-90 How to Work for the Benefit of Others. Part 1

8 December 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

Now we come to the third shila, which is the discipline of working for the benefit of other beings. There are three topics concerning this. With video BA5_84-90 Rinpoche discusses the first two: abiding in working for the benefit of others, and the actual giving of material things and teachings. These are stanzas 84 to 90 [...]

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BA5_76-83 How to Accumulate More Positive Deeds. Part 2

1 December 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_76-83 Rinpoche completes the teaching from the section on the discipline of accumulating positive deeds, with stanzas 76 to 83 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Vigilant Introspection.

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BA5_71-75 How to Accumulate More Positive Deeds. Part 1

23 November 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_71-75 Rinpoche continues on the second of the three disciplines, the actual accumulation of positive deeds, as discussed in stanzas 71 to 75 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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BA5Q5 Questions and Answers 5 (Chapter 5)

12 November 2012 Bodhicharyavatara
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With video BA5Q5 Rinpoche answers the questions submitted concerning stanzas 54-70 of Chapter 5 of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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Invitation for the Online Shedra Community

10 November 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

While looking forward to receiving new teachings on the Bodhicharyavatara from Ringu Tulku again after the Empowerments in Ralang Monastery and the wonderful teaching tour in Asia, we hope that everybody has been healthy and happy during these past weeks and also had the opportunity to catch up with the videos so far and perhaps [...]

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BA5_59-70 Lessening Our Attachment to Our Body in Order to Accumulate More Positive Actions

29 September 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_59-70 we come to the second shila or discipline: the accumulation of positive actions. Here Rinpoche explains stanzas 59 to 70 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, which are talking about giving up the attachment to our body and making it work for us in order to do more positive deeds for [...]

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BA5_56-58 Maintaining the Discipline of Refraining from Negativity

22 September 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_56-58 Rinpoche explains stanzas 56 to 58 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, which conclude the section on discipline of refraining from negativity. Rinpoche has now travelled to Ralang Monastery for the Empowerments of the Treasury of Kagyu Tantras. The transmissions will continue until mid-October. It’s not likely that Rinpoche can send new [...]

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BA5_54-55 The Nine Points of Practicing Virtue

2 September 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

After a summer break we continue with video BA5_54-55, which Rinpoche sent after returning from the teaching tour. This is a teaching on stanzas 54 and 55 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara and the Nine Points of Practicing Virtue.

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New Teachings for the Online Shedra from Beginning of September

12 August 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

Dear Friends,
As you may have noticed we are in the middle of a summer break here at the Bodhicharya Online Shedra. It’s the holiday season in many countries, so we wish you all a very nice summer vacation. Of course, this is also a good time for catching up on the previous teachings, if you [...]

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BA5Q4 Questions and Answers 4 (Chapter 5)

12 July 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5Q4 Rinpoche answers some of the questions submitted concerning stanzas 34-53 of Chapter 5 of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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BA5_50-53 Protecting the Training from Declining. Part 2.

30 June 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_50-53 Rinpoche continues the explanation of the 27 reactions we should be mindful of and when we notice them in our mind, delay our action and remain like a log. These are stanzas 50 to 53 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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BA5_45-49 Protecting the Training from Declining. Part 1.

23 June 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5_45-49 Rinpoche explains stanzas 45 to 49 of the Fifth Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara. This begins the second point of the two introduced in the previous teaching: how to maintain the abstaining from negative actions with the tool of mindfulness and awareness. In this section Shantideva mentions 27 sources of misconduct, states of mind [...]

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BA5Q3 Questions and Answers 3 (Chapter 5)

12 June 2012 Bodhicharyavatara

With video BA5Q3 Rinpoche answers some of the questions submitted concerning stanzas 18-33 of Chapter 5 of the Bodhicharyavatara.

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