D07.1(A)-Buddhism for Beginners, The Concise Discourses

This course includes two Dharma Discourses given in 2006 by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III (addressed as Great Dharma King Master as He had not yet been recognized as a Buddha) in answer to questions asked by various disciples.

LESSON ONE includes questions concerning becoming accomplished and attaining liberation, the source and elimination of suffering, saving living beings, and  reincarnation.

LESSON TWO includes questions about impermanence, Jinba Rinpoche, the bardo, dragons, the Three Pure Cumulative Precepts, taking refuge, overcoming obstacles, dissolving grudges, practicing different forms of meditation, doubt, developing Dharma power, the rainbow body, the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, karma and negative habits, precepts, bodhichitta, reincarnation, drowsiness, the Four Limitless States of Mind, preliminary practices, Dharma affinity, forms of accomplishment, and merit.

Click on the “Curriculum” tab to review this course.  If you have not registered for a membership, please click on “Membership” on the top menu bar to select your membership and enroll in this course. Click for detailed Users Guide under the “STUDENT MANUAL” in the website’s top menu bar for more information.

Prior to viewing this course, you are required to listen to the caveats provided in “PRELIMINARY STEPS” of Section 1 of the curriculum, which is a requirement for all preliminary translations of the Buddha Master’s teachings and then complete “D01(A)-The Supreme and Magnificent Dharma”.