Bodhicharyavatara

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Dakini Music , an audio publishing project of Chagdud Gonpa, is happy to announce the release of the English MP3 edition of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Brazil).

In these teachings, Khyentse Rinpoche gives a stanza by stanza commentary on Shantideva’s eighth century classic, the Bodhicharyavatara which remains to this day in the curricula of Buddhist monastic shedras and monasteries.

Now in English MP3 CD and in MP3 download:

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Audio: English and Portuguese
Track titles: English
Liner notes: English

MP3 download = 45 audio CDs /460 tracks /

The Buddha Before He Was Buddha, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, The Way of the Bodhisattva, Vol. I, CD5, Track 5

When our Buddha, Shakyamuni, before he became the Buddha; when he was not even a bodhisattva, he was a completely ordinary being. This was many, many aeons before.

He met—I am not so sure, there are a thousand Buddhas so I am mixing this up a little bit, but part of the story I am quite sure—I think it was Dipamkara, the first Buddha.  He wanted to take the bodhisattva vow and when he approached Dipamkara and asked to take the bodhisattva vow, Dipamkara said, “You have to give me something.  You have to perform something to accumulate merit.”

Shakyamuni was so poor that he didn’t even have clothes to wear; so he didn’t have anything to offer. But Dipamkara was a potter, he made pots.  So when Shakyamuni (I think he was the one) when he took the bodhisattva vow for the first time, he offered a service of kneading clay and based on that merit he planted the bodhichitta.

Uma Versaõ em Português:

O Buda Antes, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, O Caminho do Bodisatva, Vol. I, CD5, Faixa 5

O Buda Shakyamuni, antes de ele ser, nas suas vidas pregressas, antes de ele ser quem ele foi, antes mesmo de ele ser um bodisatva, quando ele era um ser ordinário… e o Rinpoche falou que ele não tem certeza absoluta dos detalhes porque são mil os budas. Então, talvez ele esteja trocando aqui alguma bola, mas de qualquer forma, ele sabe que o sentido geral da historia é correto. Talvez, naquela época, aquele ser ordinário depois veio a se transformar no Buda Sakyamuni muitas e muitas vidas depois, encontrou o Buda daquela era, o que era o Buda Dipamkara, que era o segundo Buda que apareceu. Então, aquele ser ordinário se aproximou do Buda Dipamkara dizendo que ele gostaria tomar os votos de bodisatva.

O Buda Dipamkara disse que aquele ser ordinário teria que fazer a ele uma oferenda. Porque assim ele iria acumular um mérito e aquilo era necessário.

Sakyamuni era tão pobre que ele não tinha nem o roupa adequada para vestir. Mas Dipamkara era um oleiro, quem faz cerâmica. Ele fazia jarros de barro.

O Buda Sakyamuni quando ele foi tomar os votos de bodisatva, a oferenda que ele fez ao Buda Dipamkara foi o seu trabalho. Ele ofereceu ficar por um determinado tempo amassando a argila que Dipamkara usava para moldar os seus jarros.

Com base nesse mérito, foi nele plantada a semente da boditchita.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

The Way of the Bodhisattva
Vols. III & IV:

An Oral Commentary on Chapters
8 to 10 of the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva
(Portuguese MP3 Edition)

Foes are as unlimited as space,
They cannot possibly all be overcome;
Yet if you just overcome the thought of hatred
That will be equal to overcoming all foes.

- Shantideva

The Way of the Bodhisattva (in Sanskrit, Bodhicaryavatara) is universally regarded as a quintessential instruction on the practice of the Mahayana path. Its poetic beauty and provocative thought makes for a most expansive presentation of the very heart of Buddhism: the possibility of removing fundamental confusion and uncovering the basic brilliance common to all life.

The extraordinary dimension of this work is reflected in its origin: in the early 8th century the author, Shantideva, was studying at the prestigious Buddhist university of Nalanda. Giving everyone the impression he was a thoroughly unmotivated and lazy student, he was challenged to give a public lecture, to justify his expulsion after presumably proving his lack of learning. To the surprise of all he confidently delivered this original and supremely profound teaching, ‘The Way of the Bodhisattva’, which immediately all recognized as sublime. As Shantideva proceeded to the final sections of the teaching, he is said to gradually have risen into the air, until finally only his voice was heard.

As Buddhism was brought to Tibet, the lineage of practice and realization of ‘The Way of the Bodhisattva’ was continued, and is with us until the present day. H.H. the Dalai Lama frequently quotes this text in his teachings.

Vol. III (Chapter 8, “Meditation”) focuses on the destruction of the ego—the unique tenet of the Bodhisattva path. Vol. IV (Chapters 9 and 10, “Wisdom” and “Dedication”) explains one of the most important expositions in Tibetan Buddhist literature on the doctrine of emptiness.

Topics Include:

• • The Benefits of Exchanging Self for Other
  • Meditation according to Shantideva
  • The Root of Ignorance: the Ego
  • The Way to Study Wisdom: the Two Truths
  • The Debate Between Opposing Philosophical School About Wisdom
  • The Indian Philosophical Schools: Vaibashika,
    Sautrantika, Chittamatra, Shravaka and Samkhya
  • Stories, Examples, Definitions

Vol. III, (Chapter 8, “Meditation”)

Vol. IV, (Chapters 9 and 10, “Wisdom” and “Dedication”)
Stories from Vols. III and IV (Listen here…)

A Story Avalokiteshvara’s Tears from Vol. III, CD9, track 1

A Story about How Ananda Became an Arhat from Vol. IV, CD1, track 8

About Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche:

Born in Bhutan in 1961, the son of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche was recognized as the main incarnation of the Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He has studied with some of the greatest contemporary masters, including Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the 16th Karmapa, as well as Dudjom Rinpoche. Rinpoche combines many talents: masterful and dynamic teacher, writer and scholar, award-winning filmmaker (The Cup and Travellers and Magicians).

Audio: English and Portuguese
Track titles: Portuguese
Liner notes: Portuguese

CD tracks are cued to the verses. Recorded live in English and Portuguese. Each volume contains two mp3 cds in a double envelope.

This CD set is currently only available in
Brazil by writing loja@chagdud.org