D53-Advanced Buddhism, Beginning-less-ness

This advanced course that is available to full members provides a reading of a preliminary translation of the Dharma Discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “Beginning-less-ness, Boundlessness, & Impermanence” given on the Trip to the East in 2008 taken with senior disciples. This short discourse contains answers to three questions disciples asked while on this trip: how to regard ghosts; obeying the words of one’s vajra master in regard to small matters; and what is meant by the term “the beginning-less, ignorance-based karmic forces of living beings.

The curriculum video includes assignments, quizzes, supplemental materials, and group discussions. The curriculum video is the reading by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche of a preliminary translation of this Dharma Discourse taken from videos of Lemonade Sangha class given on February 3, 2022.

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