Monday, October 15, 2012

Class 11 - Sublime Eye of dharma, Attaining Concentrations

Download PDF's of Class Handouts, Class Transcript, and MP3 Tracks from the 11TH class of Fall 2012 term held on Monday, October 15.

DOWNLOAD Handouts - text for Class 11:

2012 Fall Handout 11

2012 Fall Handout 12

2012 Fall Chart 1 - Three Realms, Nine Levels, and Eight Meditative Absorptions

ALL FALL 2012 PDF Handouts are HERE.

DOWNLOAD MP3 TRACKS:

Track 1 - Review:  Functions of the Sublime Eyes.
  • Dying & Death.  
  • Physical & Mental Basis for Sublime Eye
  •  Minds pertaining to Desire Realm versus minds that have one of the 8 Concentrations that pertain to the Form & Formless Realms.
Track 2 - Review, cont.
  • Sublime Eye of Dharma.  
  •  Mental Basis for Bodhicitta (mental states preceding generation).   
  •  Minds pertaining to Desire Realm versus minds that have one of the 8 Concentrations that pertain to the Form & Formless Realms.
Track 3 - Handout 12 & Chart 1.
  •  Qualities of Form & Formless Realms. 
  •  Definitions of Virtuous, Non-Virtuous & Neutral karmic actions.  
  •  Four Concentrations' qualities.
  •  Afflictions in Desire, Form & Formless Realms.   
  • Questions & Answers: 
    • Attaining Concentrations as Human.
    • If we've all be in born in the Formless realms, how did we fall from Peak of Cyclic Existence?
Track 4 - Questions & Answers
    • Grasping to Self at time of Death, Death process

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This is the 11TH class of the Fall 2012 term Perfection of Wisdom course
which addresses Five Visions (Sublime Eyes), Four Concentrations & Four Absorptions, etc., 
the 7th sub-topic of the 2nd Topic (Mahayana Practice Instructions) of 
Chapter 1 of Maitreya's Ornament for Clear Realizations - Abhisamayalamkara.

1 comment:

Nordron said...

Broken Track links were repaired on 4 November 2012.