On September 25 & 28 and on October 2, we held ZOOM classes on the “Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices” using a preliminary translation of a discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III given in Taiwan in 1995. This discourse was offered in response to questions raised on this trip by disciples who had read the “Enlightenment Guide” from the Buddha Master’s Commentary on the Heart Sutra. That book has not been translated into English, but it formed the foundation for a series of discourses given in China upon which Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra was based. The later book, which we have been studying a preliminary translation of at the temple, also contains a similar section that gives us the principles we need to follow to realize accomplishment in the dharma. Some of you have asked about and others are practicing the preliminary practices. Those of you who have read Learning from Buddha have been introduced to how we should do the main or formal part of our practice. The discourse provided background on both.
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