Buddhism: One Teacher Many Traditions (2015-17)
Extensive teachings on Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions given at Sravasti Abbey.
Chapter 1: Origin and spread of the Buddha’s do...
Venerable Thubten Chodron An introduction to the course and a brief overview of what is to be covered, including how the book came to be written and how…
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Chapter 1: Early Buddhist history
Therevada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, secularization in Thailand, the effects of colonialism, and the beginnings of Buddhism in China.
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Chapter 1: Buddhism in China and Tibet
Current status of the 10 historical schools,; notable Chinese practitioners, and the establishment of Buddhism in Tibet.
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Chapter 2: Refuge in and proof of the existence...
The demarkation of becoming a Buddhist, taking refuge and what that means. How buddha's liberate, and our responsibility to follow and practice the path.
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Chapter 2: The Tathagata’s ten powers and six u...
More on the historical relationships between scriptures, and an overview of the Tathagata's qualities.
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Chapter 2: Qualities of refuge and The Three Je...
The Three Jewels according to the Pali tradition, as well as the qualities of the Buddha refuge and of the Three Jewels.
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Chapter 2: Refuge In the Pali tradition
More on the Three Jewels according to the Pali tradition, followed by a description of the Three Jewels according to the Sanskrit tradition.
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Chapter 2: The stages of buddhahood
An explanation of awakening, parinirvana, and omniscience, how the Buddha inspires, and touching on Nagarjuna and the Prasangika view.
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Chapter 2: Monastic stages of refuge
The three higher knowledges (Pali tradition), and the sixteen attributes of the four truths of the aryas.
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Chapter 3: True suffering and its attributes
More on the sixteen attributes of the four truths of the aryas.
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Chapter 3: Stages of the noble eightfold path
The noble eightfold path according to the Pali tradition.
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Chapter 3: Sanskrit view of the noble eightfold...
The noble eightfold path according to the Sanskrit tradition.
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