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Tibetan Buddhism in 21st-Century China and Beyond #University Talk Series #khenposodargye
Tibetan Buddhism in 21st-Century China and Beyond #University Talk Series #khenposodargye
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00:00
Introduction of Khenpo Sodargye by Professor Benjamin at Georgetown University
03:01
Khenpo opens and reflects on his first US visit twenty years ago focused only on Buddhist centers
04:12
Religion is a field of knowledge and for scholars practice is indispensable on the path of seeking truth
05:02
Khenpo describes Tibetan Buddhism as a treasury of wisdom exceeding what he had studied in school subjects
06:47
You have real merit by attending Georgetown but Khenpo says his own merit is only nominal
07:16
Dharma view and meditation are extremely important in the 21st century because wealth and power cannot bring lasting happiness
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08:00
Khenpo has been teaching Dharma to Han Chinese students since 1987 and urban Tibetan Buddhism practitioners are increasing
1987
08:36
Tibetan Buddhism possesses complete sutra and tantra and its translation tradition relied on accomplished lineage masters
09:26
Tibetan monasteries and American universities can only benefit each other by mutually learning from each other
09:27
Past Tibetan masters including Dudjom Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse and Chögyam Trungpa enabled tens of thousands to enter the Dharma
09:55
Jigme Phuntsok and the previous Panchen Lama gave head blessings to tens of thousands of devotees daily
11:09
First hope for Western students: protect and pay attention to Tibetan Buddhism because it needs everyone to safeguard it
11:30
Second hope: use internet and technology to let all people worldwide know the Dharma that is fully compatible with science
11:49
Third hope: do not be like some Tibetan scholars who belittle their own tradition and abandon it as superstition
12:05
Khenpo closes by asking Western students to protect all endangered world cultures like wish-fulfilling jewels
