Geshe Pema Dorjee
at
Tibet House US
Topic: The Three Higher Practices:
ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom
Where: Tibet House, 22 West 15th Street, New York, NY
When: Friday, Oct. 28, 2022
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022 weekend workshop
10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
1:45 to 4:00 p.m.
Register: https://events.thus.org/programs/the-three-higher-practices-ethical-conduct-concentration-and-wisdom-weekend-workshop/
“The three higher trainings in ethical conduct,
concentration, and wisdom are essential elements of
the path to liberation and full awakening.” (HHDL in
Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps, volume 4 of The
Library of Wisdom and Compassion)
- 1. Ethical Conduct
Ethical conduct is the foundation of all Buddhist practices. Ethical
conduct means to refrain from doing harm (to ourselves and others).
Overcoming the 10 destructive paths, we seek to do no harm through body,
speech, or mind. A mind that causes harm is a mind that is afflicted with self-
centeredness. Moreover, ethical conduct is essential to developing mindfulness
and introspective awareness which are the basis for Concentration. -
2. Concentration
The only tool that we have with which to increase happiness and decrease suffering is the mind itself. How can we sharpen our mind? By learning and practicing Concentration (also known as meditative concentration, meditative stability, single-pointed meditation, and calm-abiding meditation). The scattered mind cannot see clearly. The mind that can focus and concentrate can develop the Wisdom that is necessary to eliminate suffering and achieve lasting happiness. -
3. Wisdom
Wisdom requires not only ethical conduct and meditative concentration but also analytical meditation. Wisdom means realizing Emptiness. But what is Emptiness? And what does realizing mean? Is the self empty? Do things exist? What are the two truths, and what is the Middle Way? The answers to these and related questions must be analyzed and deeply understood because only a realization of Emptiness can eliminate self-attachment and all destructive emotions and thus achieve either nirvana or Enlightenment.
For information contact: Puntsok Wangdue
dolmaphende@gmail.com
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