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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 13, 2024?

We finished discussing Lesson 12 of the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: “PART TWO-I “. . . saw that they (the five aggregates) were all empty. . .” at our July 13, 2024 ZOOM session. We also analyzed the principles of emptiness from the perspective of time. The following are a few of the concepts we investigated. You should read or listen to the entire section to fully understand these aspects of emptiness.

What do the words “…illuminated the five aggregates, saw that they are all empty…” refer to ?

What does the Sanskrit word “sunyata” mean?

How many meanings does emptiness have?

Note: the “Eighteen Kinds” of emptiness will be discussed later.

What do you need to be able to realize the “Emptiness of Mind?”

[NOTE: There was a typo in the translation we had of the last sentence. It is so noted in the video of the discussion]

How do ordinary human beings live in regards to the five aggregates?

What does  the Ekottaragama Sutras say about the five aggregates?

What Is Permanent?

What Is Time?

What are “the three times”?

We will continue DCB22 at our July 20, 2024 ZOOM session starting at 9:00 am discussing Lesson 13 “Time, the Ten Illusory Things, and the Eighteen Kinds of Emptiness.”

The recordings of the July 13 DCB22 class are now available. You must be enrolled in DCB22 in one of the membership programs at the LFBCS to access the course materials, questions covered (in parenthesis), and/or the class recordings. Please note that these links will only work if you are logged into LFBCS with your membership identification number AND are enrolled in this class. Please note that Lessons 6A and 6B are part of Course C41.

July 13, 2024: Lesson 13A-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Time”,   (240-241) and (HERE) for recording of class.

July 13, 2024: Lesson 12-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “. . . saw that they are all empty. . .”,   (220-239) and (HERE) for recording of class.

July 6, 2024: Lesson 11D-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Four Great Elements, Death, & Dreaming”,   (202-219and (HERE) for recording of class.

July 6, 2024: Lesson 11CThe Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Becoming a Good Person”,   (193-201) and (HERE) for recording of class.

June 29, 2024: Lesson 11B-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Dual-Use/Two-body Dharma”,   (181-192) and (HERE) for recording of class.

April 20, 2024: Lesson 11A.2-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Consciousness”,   (171-180) and (HERE) for recording of class.

March 30, 2024: Lesson 11A.1-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Consciousness”,   (155-170) and (HERE) for recording of class.

March 23, 2024: Lesson 10B-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Five Aggregates”,   (144-154) and (HERE) for recording of class.

March 16, 2024: Lesson 10A-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Five Aggregates”,   (114-143) and (HERE) for recording of class.

March 16, 2024: Lesson B.2-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Two Levels”,   (108-113) and (HERE) for recording of class.

March 9, 2024: Lesson B.1-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Two Levels”,   (87-107) and (HERE) for recording of class.

March 9, 2024: Lesson 9A.3-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Practicing Deeply”,   (78-86) and (HERE) for recording of class.

February 24, 2024: Lesson 9A.2-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Practicing Deeply”,   (59-77) and (HERE) for recording of class.

February 17, 2024: Lesson 9A.1-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Practicing Deeply”,   (51-58) and (HERE) for recording of class.

February 17, 2024: Lesson 8C-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Bodhisattva”,   (37-50) and (HERE) for recording of class.

February 17, 2024: Lesson 8BThe Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Avalokiteshvara”,   (31-36) and (HERE) for recording of class.

February 10, 2024: Lesson 8A-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart SutraI, “Avalokiteshvara”,   (1-30) and (HERE) for recording of class.

February 3, 2024: Lesson 6B-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Prajna(Wisdom) & Dhyana(Ta), (355-369) and HERE for recording of class.

January 20, 2024: Lesson 6AThe Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Prajna & Dhyana(Ta), (317-354) and HERE for recording of class.

CLICK for article on the entire text of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.

CLICK for article with instructions on how to enroll in LFBCS classes and how to register for the 8 ZOOM discussions.

CLICK for article on the last class held on DCB21 and links to videos of all 18 ZOOM class discussions on DCB21 held from November 2022 to April 2023. Note: not all of the forwards, notes, and introductions are complete.

CLICK for article on last class held on DCB26 and links to videos of all 8 ZOOM class discussions held on DCB26 held from April 2024 to June 2024.

CLICK for Background information on Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra and why it is such an important text.

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