I follow the Nalanda Tradition that emphasizes the use of reason and logic. His teaching is replete with detailed methods for taming the mind. This resulted in the Shravaka, Pratyekabuddha and Bodhisattva vehicles. “The Buddha taught his disciples according to their disposition, interest and capacity. This was motivated primarily by compassion. In India, before the time of the Buddha, from efforts to explore the mind and emotions non-violence emerged as a pattern of conduct. We need to change our way of thinking, and our various religious traditions offer different ways of doing this. The purpose of such teachings is to subdue the unruly mind. “This introduction is part of my service to the teachings of the Buddha. There are minor differences between these traditions, but the major precepts are the same. In China the Dharmagupta tradition is observed. There are different vinaya, or monastic discipline, lineages. “I’m a Buddhist practitioner, a follower of the Buddha, a monk in the Mulasarvastivadin tradition that was established in Tibet by the great Abbot Shantarakshita. “Today is the second day of our teaching,” His Holiness began. When they were finished, a group of monks and nuns in Vietnam led a recitation of the ‘Heart Sutra’ in typical Vietnamese style, to the rhythmic beat of a wooden fish. Monks in Thailand proceeded to chant verses from the ‘Mangala Sutta’.
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama once again took his seat in his residence before the camera and screens that are integral to making this virtual teaching possible.