Introduction Course – Part 1: Renunciation
The purpose of this ‘beginners course’ is to provide an introduction into Buddhist ideology and practice with a hint of Vajrayana flavour. The framework and reference material used for the purpose of this introduction into Buddhism is based on the “the Path of Clearlight”, one of the long list of Dharma books composed by His Holiness Gyalwai Nyugu Rinpoche.
This course provides simple insight into renunciation (precious human life, impermanence and death, the infallibility of cause and effect, and the defects and suffering of samsara), Bodhicitta and following a spiritual guide to be introduced as a separate introduction course.
Feel free to follow the course in your own time or according to the recommended course guideline.
If you feel uncertain about any of the concepts or ways of meditating, please feel free to contact Lama Lakshyong through [email protected]
Chapters
- General introduction
- Path of Clear Light introduction
- Motivational message
- Q&A
- Balancing theory and practice
- Concept of cause and effect
- Concept of cause and effect (part 2)
- Q&A
- Points of Vairocana and object meditation
- Concept of samsara
- Concept of samsara (part 2)
- Awareness
- Q&A
- Supplement: The Life of the Lord Buddha
- Understanding suffering
- Understanding suffering (part 2)
- Own suffering
- Q&A
- What is liberation
- What is liberation (part 2)
- What is liberation (part 3)
- What is liberation (part 4)
- Q&A
- How to achieve liberation
- How to achieve liberation (part 2)
- How to achieve liberation (part 3)
- Suffering and liberation
- Suffering and liberation (part 2)
- Suffering and liberation (part 3)
- Supplement: 9 yanas
- The 3 Supreme Methods
- Q&A
- Renunciation
- Renunciation (part 2)
- Renunciation (part 3)
- Q&A
- Precious human life
- Precious human life (part 2)
- Precious human life (part 3)
- Precious human life (part 4)
- Precious human life (part 5)
- Precious human life (part 6)
- Precious human life (part 7)
- Precious human life (part 8)
- Precious human life (part 9)
- Precious human life (part 10)
- Precious human life (part 11)
- Precious human life (part 12)
- 8 Intrusive and incompatible circumstances
- Supplement: Smoke offerings
- Precious human life (part 13)
- Precious human life (part 14)
- Impermanence
- Impermanence (part 2)
- Impermanence (part 3)
- Impermanence (part 4)
- Impermanence (part 5)
- Impermanence (part 6)
- Impermanence (part 7)
- Impermanence (part 8)
- Impermanence (part 9)
- Impermanence (part 10)
- How to benefit a person who has died + Q&A
- Cause and effect
- Cause and effect (part 2)
- Cause and effect (part 3)
- Cause and effect (part 4)
- Cause and effect (part 5)
- Cause and effect (part 6)
- Cause and effect (part 7)
- Cause and effect (part 8)
- Cause and effect (part 9)
- Cause and effect (part 10)
- Supplement: Cause and effect sutra
- Suffering of samsara
- Suffering of samsara - Overview of human suffering
- Overview of suffering in samsara
- Review of sufferings of the 5 non-human realms
- Sufferings of the human realm (birth, old age, sickness and death)
- Sufferings of the human realm (birth, sickness, old age and death)
- Suffering of human realm (getting what don’t want, not getting what want)
- Q&A
- Renunciation contemplation
- Renunciation and signs thereof
- Renunciation in conclusion
- Q&A