Bodhi — the seeing the Buddha had under the tree. The end of confusion. The whole point.
The Shakya prince of Kapilavastu who left his palace, sat beneath the Bodhi tree, and set in motion the wheel of the dharma. The historical Buddha whose words seeded a tradition that now belongs to a fifth of humanity.
Nirvana is the extinction of the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion — the unconditioned reality realised when craving ceases. Parinirvana is the final passing of an awakened being beyond the conditioned aggregates at death.
The Buddha's first teaching after awakening — delivered at Sarnath to the five ascetics — laid out the diagnosis of suffering, its cause, its cessation, and the path that leads beyond it. Every later teaching is a commentary on these four.
The aspiration to attain complete buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings — the defining commitment of the Mahayana path, and the seed from which the bodhisattva's entire activity grows.
The Enlightenment.
The Birth.
A rare pandemic-era Vesak teaching, recorded for the world while temples were closed. Rinpoche reflects on what it means to commemorate the Buddha's birth, awakening, and parinirvana when public gathering itself becomes impossible.
A discourse on the place of Nepal in the unfolding of the Buddhist tradition, delivered in Kathmandu before a Newar and Tibetan audience. The first of a two-part teaching by one of the rarest and most uncompromising teachers in the Khyentse lineage.
The Vesak 2570 broadcast from Nagarmandap Shree Kirti Vihar in Kirtipur — the Newar Theravada community observing the festival at its principal vihar.
