Notice:
The very qualified Dharma teacher, Tubten Pende James Dougherty is kindly filling in for Venerable Steve for the first two classes of this course. (Venerable Steve Carlier is being called away to fill in for Yangsi Rinpoche at Maitripa College, while Yangsi Rinpoche fulfills responsibilities at Deer Park Buddhist Center in Wisconsin, due to the recent passing of Geshe Lhundub Sopa.) Pende is one of our frequent instructors at LMB; you can read more about him on our teacher page.
The root text for this course, Sublime Continuum (Uttaratantra) explains our potential for enlightenment by way of ten similes:
Just like a buddha in a decaying lotus, honey amidst bees, a grain in its husk, gold in filth, a treasure underground, a shoot and so on sprouting from a little fruit, a statue of the Victorious One in a tattered rag, a ruler of mankind in a destitute woman’s womb, and a precious image under a layer of clay, this buddha element abides within all sentient beings, obscured by the defilement of the adventitious poisons.
Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary,
translated by Rosemarie Fuchs, Snow Lion.
This Fall, we will cover Part One of the topic of Buddha Potential, focusing on chapter one of Sublime Continuum. Part Two will be in the Spring of 2015.
The regular instructor for this course is Venerable Steve Carlier (Thubten Sherab), who is fluent in Tibetan and works from the original Tibetan texts to prepare these classes.
Materials
You will receive materials for this course – readings and other assignments – online, either emailed to you or uploaded to a website.
There are translations of the Uttaratantra in English (the root text of this course), which you are welcome to get on your own. You won’t need them for the course; you will be supplied with all necessary materials.
Benefits of Membership
Scholar-level membership covers donations for regular classes. Look into becoming a Scholar.
Registration
Registering for the course in advance helps us make arrangements. Even if you are going to give your donation at the door, or are one of the categories of people who come for free, it still helps us to know who is coming. The online registration option here on this page allows you to give with a credit card or PayPal account. (We don’t generally have a way of taking credit card payments at the door.) Thanks.
| Date(s): | Tuesdays, Sep 2 to Oct 28, 2014 |
| Times: | 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm |
| Instructor/Leader: | Tubten Pende, Venerable Steve Carlier |
| Type of event: | weekly class |
| Number of sessions: | 9 |
| Level: | FPMT Basic Program; Intermediate/Advanced |
| Participation: | Full-time preferred; Auditing allowed. |
| Location: | Main Gompa |
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