84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, a global nonprofit initiative founded by the renowned Bhutanese lama, author, and filmmaker Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, has announced that it will host an online Dharma teaching with Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul. Titled ‟The Wisdom to Traverse Beyond the Prison of One’s Own Mind,” the webinar will be held 27 July to mark the auspicious festival of Chokhor Duchen.
“Our next Teachings on Sutra event on July 27 [is] held in honor of Chokhor Duchen—commemorating the Buddha’s first turning of the wheel of Dharma,” 84000 said in an notice shared with BDG. “Our featured speaker, Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul, director of Tibet House, will share a teaching on ‘The Wisdom to Traverse Beyond the Prison of One’s Own Mind.’ Drawing on 84000’s translation of The Ornament of the Light of Awareness That Enters the Domain of All Buddhas, Geshe-la will explore the Buddha’s profound instructions on recognizing that all phenomena share the same empty nature.”
Chokhor Duchen is one of four major Buddhist festivals in the Tibetan lunar calendar, falling on the fourth day of the sixth lunar month. After attaining enlightenment, the Buddha did not teach for seven weeks, until, encouraged by Indra and Brahma, he turned the Wheel of the Dharma for the first time at Sarnath, where he taught the Four Noble Truths. This year, Chokhor Duchen falls on 28 July.
“Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul has served as the director of Tibet House in New Delhi since 2011,” 8400 remarked. “He completed formal studies in Buddhist philosophy and attained a PhD (Geshe Lharampa Degree) from Drepung Loseling Monastic University in 2002. Geshe-la is also a respected editor and co-author of numerous scientific, philosophical, Buddhist, and secular books that are widely used in centers and institutes around the world for the study of Buddhist philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and science.
“Geshe-la’s deep understanding of science and his engagements with renowned physicists enable him to teach Buddhist philosophy with a modern perspective that resonates with many of his non-Tibetan students.”
84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha is a long-term undertaking to translate and publish all surviving canonical texts preserved in the Classical Tibetan language—70,000 pages of the Kangyur (the translated words of the Buddha) in 25 years and 161,800 pages of the Tengyur (the translated commentaries on the Buddha’s teachings by the great Indian Buddhist masters and scholars) in 100 years. According to 84000, less than 5 per cent of the canon had hitherto been translated into a modern language, and due to a rapid decline in the knowledge of Classical Tibetan and in the number of qualified scholars, the world is in danger of losing an irreplaceable cultural and spiritual wisdom legacy.
The ‟The Wisdom to Traverse Beyond the Prison of One’s Own Mind” webinar will be live-streamed at the following times:
Auckland: 3pm, Sunday 27 July
Canberra: 1pm, Sunday 27 July
Seoul, Tokyo: 12pm, Sunday 27 July
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei: 11am, Sunday 27 July
Bangkok, Jakarta: 10am, Sunday 27 July
New Delhi: 8:30am, Sunday 27 July
Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm: 5am, Sunday 27 July
London: 4am, Sunday 27 July
Rio de Janeiro: 12am, Sunday 27 July
Montreal, New York: 11pm, Saturday 26 July
Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver: 8pm, Saturday 26 July
Click here to register for webinar with Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul
“As part of 84000’s Teachings on Sutra series, this event offers a special opportunity to embrace the profound wisdom of the Buddha on one of the four most auspicious days in the Buddhist calendar,” said 84000. “We welcome you to deepen your understanding, nurture your practice, and carry these transformative teachings into your everyday life.” (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha)
Since its inception in 2010,* 84000—named for the number of teachings the historical Buddha is said to have given—has awarded in excess of US$6 million in grants to teams of translators around the world, including Tibetan scholars and Western academics. In just 14 years, with the endorsement of all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, 84000 continues to strive forward, supported by some of the most learned living teachers of the Vajrayana tradition.
That which is pure is nonarising. nonarising is faultless. What is faultless is the destruction of joys, whereby all attachments cease. Where all attachments cease, that is nonarising. And nonarising is awakening. (The Ornament of the Light of Awareness That Enters the Domain of All Buddhas)
* 84000 Launches Video Campaign to Mark 10 Years of Preserving the Tibetan Buddhist Canon (BDG) and 84000 Announces that 25 Per Cent of the Tibetan Kangyur Is Now Freely Available in English (BDG)
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84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
The Ornament of the Light of Awareness That Enters the Domain of All Buddhas (Toh 100) (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha)
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