D12- Buddhism for Beginners, Twenty Dharmas

This course provides a reading of a preliminary translation of the Dharma Discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “Cutting Off the Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings” given on a Trip to the East Coast taken with senior disciples in 2008. This discourse contains twenty different feelings or emotions related to worldly concerns that normally preoccupy and sway ordinary people. They are more detailed than the “Eight Winds” of 1-gain; 2-loss; 3-honor or fame; 4-disgrace, dishonor, or infamy; 5-praise; 6-ridicule or censure, blame, or criticism; 7-pleasure or happiness; and 8-suffering or pain from the Lokavipatti Sutta. It is our attachment to either desire or aversion to them that keeps us in samsara.

The curriculum video is from a reading of a preliminary translation of this discourse by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche at a Lemonade Sangha class given on April 9, 2022. Part of the Discussions held during that course are also included in a Q & A video.

The curriculum includes assignments, quizzes, supplemental materials, and group discussions. This interactive course is not available for those enrolled in the free membership program for AUDITING STUDENTS. It will only be part of the paid membership program. However, you will find the actual discourse this course is based on in the free course “D12(A)”.

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.  You are also required to complete the application form provided in course “G02-Spiritual Autobiography”” prior to being admitted to either the BUDDHIST STUDIES or the XIUXING SEMINARY PROGRAMS. Click for detailed User 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 complete “D01(A)-The Supreme and Magnificent Dharma”.