In May 2024, we are very fortunate that Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen will visit us and give teachings. For many decades, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen was one of the most important initiators for teaching and practice of the Drikung tradition in the West. A large international student body and numerous publications bear witness to his formative activity.
From May 24 to 26, 2024, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen will teach about "The Great Drikung Teachings to the Assembly" by Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon.
PROGRAM:
Thursday, 23.05.2024
Arrival & Registration until 17:00
18:00: Dinner
Friday, 24.05.2024
08:00-09:00: Breakfast
09:30-12:30 Teachings with a break
On the Transmission Lineage
Relative Bodhicitta
Ultimate Bodhicitta
The Path of Methods Is Not Sufficient
12:30 Lunch
15:00-18:30 Teachings with a break
Three Stages of Bodhicitta Practice
Where to Practice
The Result of Bodhicitta
Circumstances Conducive to Practice
Practice What Is Wholesome and Abandon What Is Unwholesome
Attachment to Outer Phenomena
Attachment to Inner Beings
18:30 Diner
Saturday, 25.05.2024
08:00-09:0: Breakfast
09:30-12:30 Teachings with a break
Everything Depends on Intention
The Correct Way to Rely on the Lama
The Need for Pure Moral Ethics
Moral Ethics Are Also Needed in the Vajrayana
12:30 Lunch
15:00-18:30 Teachings with a break
The Two Kinds of Dependent Origination
How Dependent Origination Was Taught by the Buddha
Other Views on Dependent Origination
18:30 Dinner
Sunday, 26.05.2024
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:30-12:30 Teachings with a break
Dependent Origination at the Stage of Buddhahood
Becoming Free of Wrong Ideas About Dependent Origination
Never Be Satisfied in Terms of Dharma
12:30 Lunch
BOOK:
Jigten Sumgon, The Great Drikung Teachings to the Assembly
In these teachings, Jigten Sumgon (1143–1217), the founder of the Drikung Kagyü tradition, covers the central themes of Tibetan Buddhism. He explains refuge, developing an altruistic mind, the different forms of dependent origination, how samsara and nirvana arise from the mind, why hearers, solitary realizers, and buddhas attain different awakenings, and how to correctly rely on the lama, among many other topics.
The thirty lectures are presented in a direct form that makes readers feel like they are among the assembly of disciples, and this text is an authentic resource for becoming acquainted with the Buddha’s teachings in general and the teachings of the early Kagyu masters in particular.
Translation into English by Sonam Spitz
ISBN 978-3-945457-36-8
Hardcover 21,90 €
e-book 7,00 €
FEES:
In Person-Participation: 250,00 € regular I 215,00 € reduced
or
Online Participation: 70,00 € regular I 59,00 € reduced