What is Lam Rim? Robert A.F. Thurman : Tibetan Buddhism Explained Force For Good Class Series

This video explores the history of the “Lam Rim: Stages of The Path” a collection of mind training teachings preserved in Tibet, Professor Thurman provides an introduction to these cherished practices as refined + passed down by Tsongkhapa & the Dalai Lama lineage. Includes a discussion of Gendün Druppa the First Dalai Lama, the centrality of the awareness of the possibility of infinite past + future lives, The Three Kinds of Suffering as presented in Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim teachings & how these teachings provide a systematized path to prepare one for the study of Buddhist Tantras. Concludes with a guided meditation on the exchange of Self + Other, Mother Kindness Recognition & the Causal Steps used in Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim teachings. A continuation of our course to further H. H. the Dalai Lama’s contemporary world initiatives, from His Holiness’ American Institute of Buddhist Studies and Mind and Life science dialogues (Universe in a Single Atom) and His creation of Abhidharma 2.0 through the “Science for Monks” programs, his “secular ethics” (Ethics for the New Millennium and Beyond Religion), His nonviolent approach to conflict resolution, including His Nobel Peace Laureate activities to seek dialogue and a win-win reconciliation with China in the face of the ongoing ethnicidal policies in Tibet (Freedom in Exile and Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story) & along with his emphasis on positive activism (A New Reality: Charter of Universal Responsibility). Recorded at Indo Tibetan Buddhist Sources : Madhyamaka Lam Rim with Robert A.F. Thurman at the Force For Good class series 🎧 Music by Tenzin Choegyal, Used with Permission www.tenzinchoegyal.com This video is apart of the Tibet House US Digital Archives & is brought to you by the generosity of it's membership community. To watch more videos please visit: https://tibethouse.us/ Full Access begins at $2 a month. Connect with Tibet House US + Menla Online: 🗽 Tibet House US | New York City THUS Website: https://tibethouse.us/ THUS on Twitter:   / tibethouseus   THUS on Facebook:   / tibethouse.us   THUS on Instagram:   / tibethouse.us   🏞 Menla Retreat | Phoenicia, New York Menla Website: https://menla.us/ Menla on Twitter:   / menla   Menla on Facebook:   / menlaretreat   Menla on Instagram:   / menlaretreat   🐚