D13-Buddhism for Beginners, Cutting-Off Attachment to Self

This course provides a reading of a preliminary translation of a Dharma Discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “One Needs to Cut Off the Attachment to Self in Worldly Matters First to Begin Self-Cultivation” given in 1995 in Taiwan. The course focuses on what it takes to cut off attachment to self in both the worldly and the ultimate sense and what happens if you do and if you don’t. It includes the bardo, ghosts, spirits, consciousness and many related concepts as well as a discussion of the “Straw Man” Dharma and Dream Yoga.

It includes assignments, quizzes, supplemental materials, and group discussions. The curriculum videos are the reading by Zhaxi Zhuoma of preliminary translations of this Dharma Discourse taken from videos of Lemonade Sangha classes given on April 23 & will be added after the April 30 class. The discussion and Q & A parts of these classes are or will be also available. It is only available to Buddhist Studies and Xiuxing Seminary students but a free copy of just the discourse is available at D13(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 Guides 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”.