The great stupa. The center of Tibetan Buddhist life in exile.
The Diamond Vehicle — the tantric path that uses mantra, visualization, deity yoga, and direct transmission to make buddhahood possible in a single lifetime, in this very body, provided one has the right empowerment from a qualified lineage holder.
The reliquary monument — the original Buddhist architectural form. A hemispherical dome containing relics, walked clockwise by pilgrims for 2,500 years. The vertical axis of the Buddhist world.
In 1959, following a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Lhasa, the senior leadership of the Gelug school and roughly 80,000 Tibetans fled into India. Within sixty years, Tibetan Vajrayana had established several hundred dharma centers across every continent.
The Great Stupa.
The first session of a Dharma discourse by the eldest of the late Tulku Urgyen's sons, taught at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling in Boudhanath. Foundational instruction on the gradual path, given in Rinpoche's characteristic warmth.
A continuation of the Ka-Nying teaching series. Rinpoche on the meeting of view and conduct in everyday practice.
