Intermediate Tibetan II
School of Consciousness and Transformation PARA 6204 3.00
Poetry, meter, and abbreviations. Readings in Lineage Supplications. Beginning of reading in Tibetan sGam po pa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation (thar rgyan)—. Introducition and Primary Cause (rgyu), The Basis (rten), Thee kinds of faith. The Supporting Condition, Impermanence, Faults of Samsara, Karma and its result. Love and Compassion. Refuge. Arousing Bodhicitta. Training in Bodhicitta (aspiring, and entering). Paramitas: generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, dependent arising, wisdom, two types of selflessness. The five paths, The ten bhumis. The Fruition: Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya. Buddha Activity. Exercises in translation from Tibetan to English. PARA 6203
