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--- SBT Sutra Studies Program --- The ‘Wheel Turning Sutra‘ – Dhammachakkapavatana Sutta’ – ‘The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma - Sutta’, is considered to be a record of the first sermon given by the Buddha at the legendary Deer Park at Sarnath, India. This legendary discourse, taught to the Buddha’s first five disciples, begins by rejecting the extremes of asceticism and indulgence...

--- SBT Sutra Studies Program --- The ‘Wheel Turning Sutra‘ – Dhammachakkapavatana Sutta’ – ‘The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma - Sutta’, is considered to be a record of the first sermon given by the Buddha at the legendary Deer Park at Sarnath, India. This legendary discourse, taught to the Buddha’s first five disciples, begins by rejecting the extremes of asceticism and indulgence...

--- SBT Sutra Studies Program --- The ‘Wheel Turning Sutra‘ – Dhammachakkapavatana Sutta’ – ‘The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma - Sutta’, is considered to be a record of the first sermon given by the Buddha at the legendary Deer Park at Sarnath, India. This legendary discourse, taught to the Buddha’s first five disciples, begins by rejecting the extremes of asceticism and indulgence...

--- SBT Sutra Studies Program --- The ‘Wheel Turning Sutra‘ – Dhammachakkapavatana Sutta’ – ‘The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma - Sutta’, is considered to be a record of the first sermon given by the Buddha at the legendary Deer Park at Sarnath, India. This legendary discourse, taught to the Buddha’s first five disciples, begins by rejecting the extremes of asceticism and indulgence...

--- SBT Sutra Studies Program --- The ‘Wheel Turning Sutra‘ – Dhammachakkapavatana Sutta’ – ‘The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma - Sutta’, is considered to be a record of the first sermon given by the Buddha at the legendary Deer Park at Sarnath, India. This legendary discourse, taught to the Buddha’s first five disciples, begins by rejecting the extremes of asceticism and indulgence...

--- SBT Sutra Studies Program --- Class recording for May 13th, 2023 The Wheel Turning Sutra - Part-1 The ‘Wheel Turning Sutra‘ – Dhammachakkapavatana Sutta’ – ‘The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma - Sutta’, is considered to be a record of the first sermon given by the Buddha at the legendary Deer Park at Sarnath, India. This legendary discourse, taught to the Buddha’s first five disci...

A Sunday online teaching Venerable Tarpa is an American Buddhist monk ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Ven. Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. Ven. Tharpa is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his familiarity with all t...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in the...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in the...

A Sunday online teaching Venerable Tarpa is an American Buddhist monk ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Ven. Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. Ven. Tharpa is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his familiarity with all t...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in the...

A Sunday online teaching Venerable Tarpa is an American Buddhist monk ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Ven. Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. Ven. Tharpa is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his familiarity with all t...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in the...

The second teaching of our Sunday online retreat Venerable Tarpa is an American Buddhist monk ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Ven. Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. Ven. Tharpa is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and hi...

The first teaching of our Sunday online retreat Venerable Tarpa is an American Buddhist monk ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Ven. Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. Ven. Tharpa is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in the...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in the...

Venerable Tarpa is an American Buddhist monk ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Ven. Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. Ven. Tharpa is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his familiarity with all traditions of Buddhist thought...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in...

Mind-training is a Mahayana Buddhist practice focused on the cultivation of altruism, understanding, and compassion. Mind-training, or more appropriately ‘heart-training’, is a practice utilized by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. First brought to Tibet by the Indian Buddhist Master Atisha in the eleventh century CE, mind-training is a practice with the aim of cultivating and attaining bodhichitta...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in...

The first teaching from SBT monthly retreat   Venerable Tarpa is an American Buddhist monk ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Ven. Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. Ven. Tharpa is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in...

SBT - Sutra Studies - The Dhammapada  The Dhammapada(verses of buddhadharma) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying in...