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Nepal Mahayana Center Gompa
INTERNATIONAL MAHAYANA INSTITUTE
G.P.O Box 817, Katmandu, Nepal
NOTES TAKEN DURING THE TEACHINGS GIVEN BY LAMA THUBTEN ZOPA RINPOCHE AT THE THIRD MEDITATION
COURSE, OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1972, AND THE FOURTH MEDITATION
COURSE MARCH - APRIL, 1973
These notes are a somewhat paraphrased
version of notes taken at Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche's
discourses during the Third and Fourth Kopan
Meditation Courses, predominantly the latter, by
Brian Beresford and Nick Ribush. These discourses mainly
consisted of comments and explanations made as Rinpoche
read the course text, “The
Wish-fulfilling Golden Sun of the Mahayana Thought Training.”
Unfortunately, it is certain that what has been presented
in this book and what was originally meant by Rinpoche
resemble each other as closely as earth does sky. This
is the result of the infantile clumsiness of those who
attempted to interpret his holy speed while taking and
rewriting these notes. For this the compilers sincerely
apologize and humbly request that the holy guru will
overlook these inadequacies and bless this work that
it may somehow benefit each and every mother sentient
being, bringing immediate release from suffering to all.
The page numbers referred to herein relate to
the work copy of “The Wish-fulfilling Golden Sun
of the Mahayana Thought Training” used at the
Fifth and Sixth (March - April, 1974) Meditation Courses.
Appendix II consists of notes taken during a lecture
given by Lama Thubten Yeshe at the Fourth Meditation
Course.
This book is published by the students of the International
Mahayana Institute, an organization of Western monks
and nuns dedicated to learning and teaching Guru Shakyamuni’s
Holy Dharma for the benefit of all beings. Please contact
us for information regarding this and other publications,
or for permission to reproduce any part or all of this
book.
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