Live courses from November 2024 to May 2025.
Then available as VOD on this page.
+ Organised by Rigpa France +
During this study event, Philippe Cornu - Rigpa Senior Teacher, writer and Tibetan translator - will continue studying one of the key texts of the Mahâyâna, which presents buddha nature.
Philippe Cornu teaches in French and will be translated live into English.
Then available as VOD on this page.
+ Organised by Rigpa France +
During this study event, Philippe Cornu - Rigpa Senior Teacher, writer and Tibetan translator - will continue studying one of the key texts of the Mahâyâna, which presents buddha nature.
Philippe Cornu teaches in French and will be translated live into English.
About this course
We might ask ourselves: "If the nature of buddhahood is within me, why can't I see it straight away?" Because, like gold buried in its ore, it is veiled by the tendencies we have accumulated since time immemorial. In other words, if it's possible to become a Buddha, an Awakened One, it's because we've always been that way, even if we're not aware of it.
The Uttaratantraśāstra (Skt.) or Gyü Lama (Tib.) is a famous and essential work by Asaṅga devoted to the buddha nature present in all beings—not just awakened beings. Written in the fourth century under the inspiration of the bodhisattva Maitreya, this text disappeared and was rediscovered two centuries later; it is the indispensable key to understanding Enlightenment, describing its qualities and the Three Bodies (trikāya). While it is part of the Mahāyāna, it opens the way to Vajrayāna and Dzogchen, both of which are based on the discovery of buddha nature within oneself.
This course, which continues the one given last year on the same text, will take place between November 2024 and May 2025 and will also include 10 sessions. After the first 40 stanzas - all devoted to the first three Vajra points (the Three Jewels) - already explored in depth last year, we will explain the main points of the rest of the text right up to the end, concentrating on the most important stanzas. Still from the perspective of the Buddha's empty and luminous nature, we will go through the last four Vajra points: the Element or tathāgatagarbha, the nature of Awakening, the qualities that flow from it and the activities of an Awakened One.
The Uttaratantraśāstra (Skt.) or Gyü Lama (Tib.) is a famous and essential work by Asaṅga devoted to the buddha nature present in all beings—not just awakened beings. Written in the fourth century under the inspiration of the bodhisattva Maitreya, this text disappeared and was rediscovered two centuries later; it is the indispensable key to understanding Enlightenment, describing its qualities and the Three Bodies (trikāya). While it is part of the Mahāyāna, it opens the way to Vajrayāna and Dzogchen, both of which are based on the discovery of buddha nature within oneself.
This course, which continues the one given last year on the same text, will take place between November 2024 and May 2025 and will also include 10 sessions. After the first 40 stanzas - all devoted to the first three Vajra points (the Three Jewels) - already explored in depth last year, we will explain the main points of the rest of the text right up to the end, concentrating on the most important stanzas. Still from the perspective of the Buddha's empty and luminous nature, we will go through the last four Vajra points: the Element or tathāgatagarbha, the nature of Awakening, the qualities that flow from it and the activities of an Awakened One.
Dates & Schedule
Each teaching takes place from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
Dates of the live teachings :
- 4 November 2024
- 18 November 2024
- 2 December 2024
- 16 December 2024
- 13 January 2025
- 27 January 2025
Then one Monday a month (dates to be confirmed)
Translation
Philippe Cornu teaches in French and will be translated live into English.
Study material
To follow this course you will need an English translation of the root text. Philippe Cornu mainly recommends:
• Buddha Nature (with Jamgön Kongtrul's commentary) translated by Rosemarie Fuchs (Snow Lion, New York 2000)
You might also be interested to read:
• Buddha-Nature, Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra by Arya Maitreya with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, edited by Alex Trisoglio, Khyentse Foundation, 2007. A free copy can be requested online at siddharthasintent.org.
• Buddha Nature (with Jamgön Kongtrul's commentary) translated by Rosemarie Fuchs (Snow Lion, New York 2000)
You might also be interested to read:
• Buddha-Nature, Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra by Arya Maitreya with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, edited by Alex Trisoglio, Khyentse Foundation, 2007. A free copy can be requested online at siddharthasintent.org.
Open contribution
You can contribute whatever is currently appropriate and possible for you. Our recommendations are:
- Suggested contribution: 80 €
- If you want to give more: 100 €
- If you have less means: 64 €
Note: if you have already specifically subscribed to this event as part of your Rigpa France membership, you can contribute €0.
- Suggested contribution: 80 €
- If you want to give more: 100 €
- If you have less means: 64 €
Note: if you have already specifically subscribed to this event as part of your Rigpa France membership, you can contribute €0.
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