Explanation of the three turnings of the Dharma wheel in terms of when and where they were taught, their main intended audience and content.
Three turnings of the Dharma wheel
Weekly teachings on Tibetan Buddhist lamrim texts. Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches texts on the stages of the path to awakening or lamrim, showing clearly how to meditate on them and apply these teachings in our daily lives. Get the podcast on TuneIn Radio. Streamed live from Sravasti Abbey on Fridays at 6:15 pm PST.
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Weekly teachings on Tibetan Buddhist lamrim texts. Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches texts on the stages of the path to awakening or lamrim, showing clearly how to meditate on them and apply these teachings in our daily lives. Get the podcast on TuneIn Radio. Streamed live from Sravasti Abbey on Fridays at 6:15 pm PST.
The three baskets
Finishing Chapter 4 by describing the differences in content of the three baskets, or tripitaka, between the three extant Buddhist canons.
Tantra and Buddhist canons
Briefly covering tantra and beginning a section on the content of the three extant Buddhist canons.
The growth of the Mahayana
Teaching on how the Mahayana sutras first appeared, gained popularity and became the focus of a body of practitioners who called themselves ‘Mahayanists.’
Early Buddhism in Sri Lanka
Covering the section “Early Buddhism in Sri Lanka” in Chapter 4.
Early Buddhist schools
Covering the sections “The Buddha’s Life” and “Early Buddhist Schools” in Chapter 4.
Vehicles and paths
Covering the section “Vehicles and Paths” in Chapter 4 on the different paths to awakening followed in the Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist traditions.
Spread of Buddhadharma
Beginning Chapter 4 “The Spread of the Buddhadharma and Buddhist Canons.”
Disagreement and conflict
Teaching on the six roots of dispute, and the principle of ‘survival of the most cooperative.’
Qualities to abandon and cultivate
Teaching on various qualities of mind to abandon, and others to adopt, such as fear, desire, and hope.