D06(A)-Buddhism for Beginners, Main & Preliminary Practices (DISCOURSE ONLY)

This class is based on a Dharma Discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in 1995 on the Trip to Taiwan on “The Differences between Main and Preliminary Practices.” It was given in response to a student asking about that relationship. The Buddha Master used the opportunity to expound on the “Enlightenment Guide” found in the back of His Commentary on the Heart Sutra. The Buddha Master’s more recent book that is based on that commentary and a series of discourses related to it, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, also has such a guide. We have included it as an essential course (DCB26-How to Realize Prajna) for the LFBCS programs and urged that an English translation be released ASAP.

The Buddha Master also provides excerpts from the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (V-01), discusses the origin and nature of Holy Nectar, and explains many of the preliminary practices.

The videos are from a reading by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche at a Lemonade Sangha class given on September 28, 2021. Unfortunately, the Q & A session with this class was broken up with technical difficulties and is not available.

This free course does not include any assignments, quizzes, supplemental materials, or group discussions that you can find when the full course is offered as D06.

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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 complete “D01(A)-The Supreme and Magnificent Dharma” and “D44(A)-Esoteric Dharma (Beginners).”.