Udmærket Gelug-hjemmeside på engelsk

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Hvis der er nogle, som søger en god hjemmeside (mest indenfor Gelug-traditionen), så kan jeg varmt anbefale Alexander Berzins www.berzinarchives.com. Specielt for dem som har et mere intellektuelt-orienteret sind  

Siden indeholder: "The Berzin Archives is a collection of translations and teachings by Dr. Alexander Berzin primarily on the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Covering the areas of sutra, tantra, Kalachakra, dzogchen, and mahamudra meditation, the Archives presents material from all five Tibetan traditions: Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, Gelug, and Bon, as well as comparisons with Theravada Buddhism and Islam. Also featured are Tibetan astrology and medicine, Shambhala, and Buddhist history.

Kort biografi af Alexander Berzin, på engelsk:

Alexander Berzin, born in 1944 in Paterson, New Jersey, received his B.A. degree in 1965 from the Department of Oriental Studies, Rutgers University in conjunction with Princeton University; and his M.A. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1972 from the Departments of Far Eastern Languages (Chinese) and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University. From 1969 to 1998, he resided primarily in Dharamsala, India, initially as a Fulbright Scholar, studying and practicing with masters from all four Tibetan Buddhist traditions. His main teacher was Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, the late Master Debate Partner and Assistant Tutor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He served as his interpreter and secretary for nine years, accompanying him on several world tours. He has also served as occasional Dharma interpreter for His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

A founding member of the Translation Bureau of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Berzin has developed a new terminology for translating, into English, Tibetan technical terms that have often been misunderstood. Working with translators in many other languages, he has helped them to revise and develop their terminology according to the same principles.

Since 1983, Berzin has been traveling around the world, teaching various aspects of Buddhist practice and philosophy, as well as Tibetan-Mongolian history and astro-medical theory, at Dharma centers and universities in more than seventy countries. His travels have focused primarily on the former and present communist world, Latin America, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. In addition to his numerous published writings and translations, many of his lectures have been published in the languages of these areas.

Berzin has served as unofficial liaison for several international projects of Tibetan-Mongolian culture, such as a Tibetan medical aid program for Chernobyl victims with the Russian Ministry of Health and a project in Mongolia for the Gere Foundation to produce books on Buddhism in the colloquial language to help revive the traditional culture. He has also been instrumental in establishing and furthering a Buddhist-Islamic dialogue.

In 1998, Berzin moved back to the West to have conditions more conducive for writing. Traveling occasionally, he teaches at several Dharma centers, but devotes most of his time to preparing his unpublished materials for the Berzin Archives website. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.

[RasmusJensen]

Årh det var da dejligt at der kommer nogen nu der poster og ikke er på ferie 

Det ser meget interessant ud , så er eftermiddagen reddet-tak ! 

Mvh Rasmus

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Hehe, ja, der kan godt gå nogle timer med denne hjemmeside 

Specielt godt er audio-sektionen, weekly courses, hvor man kan lytte til hans ugentlige kurser i Berlin, mest Lam Rim, både teori og praktiske meditationer...

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En anden rigtig god hjemmeside på engelsk er: www.acidharma.org af gelugpa Geshe Michael Roach.

Hjemmesiden indeholder 18 formelle kurser, som er baseret på Buddhismens 6 store bøger, klassikerne The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita), Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika), Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma), Buddhist Discipline (Vinaya), Logic and Perception (Pramana), og The Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim).

Udgangspunkt er Je Tsongkhapas Lamtso Namsum, de tre principielle stier.

Hvert kursus har lydfiler, tekst, lektier, test, noter og svar. Meget godt for at lære tibetansk buddhisme på en struktureret måde.

Der findes også lydfiler og tekster til 10 daglige praksisser, som man kan bruge i meditationen.

Kurset indeholder:

COURSE 1: The Principal Teachings of Buddhism
Level One of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim)

COURSE 2: Buddhist Refuge
Level One of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita)

COURSE 3: Applied Meditation
Level Two of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim)

COURSE 4: Proof of Future Lives
Level One of Buddhist Logic and Perception (Pramana)

COURSE 5: How Karma Works
Level One of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma)

COURSE 6: The Diamond-Cutter Sutra
Level One of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika)

COURSE 7: The Bodhisattva Vows
Level 2 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika)

COURSE 8: Death and the Realms of Existence
Level 2 of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma)

COURSE 9: The Ethical Life
Level 1 of Buddhist Discipline (Vinaya)

COURSE 10: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part I
Level 3 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika)

COURSE 11: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part II
Level 4 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika)

COURSE 12: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part III
Level 5 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika)

COURSE 13: The Art of Reasoning
Level 2 of Buddhist Logic and Perception (Pramana)

COURSE 14: Lojong, Developing the Good Heart
Level 3 of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim)

COURSE 15: What the Buddha Really Meant
Level 2 of The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita)

COURSE 16: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part I.
A review of The Great Books in Courses 1-5

COURSE 17: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part II.
A review of The Great Books in Courses 6-10

COURSE 18: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part III.
A review of The Great Books in Courses 11-15


De 10 daglige praksisser er:
PRACTICE 1: The Mandala of the Steps to Enlightenment (Lam Rim)

PRACTICE 2: The Real Meaning of Refuge

PRACTICE 3: Contemplations on the Practice of Giving and Taking (Tong Len)

PRACTICE 4: Seven Point Practice for Developing a Good Heart (Lojong)

PRACTICE 5: Death and the End of Death

PRACTICE 6: Four Powers to Remove Negative Karma

PRACTICE 7: The Marriage of Karma and Emptiness

PRACTICE 8: The Heart Sutra, A Meditation on Emptiness

PRACTICE 9: The Emptiness of the Mind (Mahamudra)

PRACTICE 10: Je Tsongkapa's Mantra (Ganden Hlagyama)