The Double Dorje: Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.11 Syys 2024

Lost and lonely in samsara

Refuge, the Three Jewels and the Bodhisattva vow...

Words or phrases you might want to look up:

Refuge (Buddhist)
Dharma
Sangha
Three Jewels
Bodhisattva
Bodhicitta
Perfect Conduct – Ascertaining the Three Vows (by Dudjom Rinpoche)
Jewel Ornament of Liberation
Words of My Perfect Teacher
Three kayas
Sutras
Bodhicaryāvatāra

And the verse:

Sang gya cho dang tshog kyi chog nam la Jang chub bar du dag ni kyab su chi Dag gi jin sog gyi pai so nam gyi Dro la pan chir sang gye drub par shog

Approximate text at this blog post.

In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 September entitled “Bad gurus, tosh gurus and good gurus” and for episodes due to be dropped from 18 September onwards, starting with “Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet” there is a transcript file which is much closer to the actual words used.

Note that other distribution platforms do not necessarily pass this on, and if you want to read it you may need to listen on podbean. YouTube has been making its own transcript, which was an unholy mess. I think I have now deleted all of these "auto-generated" scripts, but it will not be possible to retrospectively add properly edited transcripts to episodes prior to September 2024.

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