The Index Page provides an outline of the topics discussed in each of the lectures. 

SECTION ONE

Lecture 1

• Introduction
• Lama Zopa and the Buddha are labeled by the mind
• The universe you experience comes from karma
• The label and the base
• Not believing in inherent existence brings peace

Lecture 2 

• The “no” of the Heart Sutra destroys what doesn’t exist
• The refuge prayer
• Material wealth, Dharma poverty
• The Buddha does not wash away negative karma with water 

SECTION TWO

Lecture 3

• World peace comes from inner peace
• The importance of the three principal aspects of the path
• Question and answer: Dreams, love and Dharmakaya
• Question and answer: No Karin existing from her own side
• The benefits of refuge

Lecture 4

• The Heart Sutra
• The importance of understanding suffering
• The twelve links
• Everything comes from the mind
• Relate everything back to your karma

SECTION THREE

Lecture 5 

• The Heart Sutra
• Meditate that everything comes from karma and ignorance
• A dollar is a piece of paper before the label is applied
• Letting go of clinging to appearances is freedom
• The Buddha subdues Chungawa’s attachment
• The drawing of the Wheel of Life

Lecture 6

• The Wheel of Life shows you should observe your karma
• An irreligious king is subdued by a painting of the Buddha
• The illustrations in the Wheel of Life
• The illustrations of the twelve links in the Wheel of Life
• Observe your karma each moment

SECTION FOUR

Lecture 7

• The causes and results within the twelve links
• Putting the teachings into practice
• You have two choices: to cherish yourself and be miserable or to cherish others and be happy
• Only with this human body can we practice Dharma
• If you want happiness, just do it!
• You only have to eliminate the cause of suffering once

Lecture 8

• Nepali music is the soundtrack of samsara
• Seeking enjoyment is the door to all suffering
• Leaving the body again and again
• Samsara is only in the nature of suffering

SECTION FIVE

Lecture 9

• Happiness depends entirely on others
• The inner enemy only harms
• The six perfections
• Charity
• Purification and vows
• Studying the lamrim

Lecture 10

• Meditation on the emptiness of the I
• The four analyses

SECTION SIX

Lecture 11

• Questions and answers on refuge
• The refuge ceremony

Lecture 12

• The bodhisattva vows

SECTION SEVEN

Lecture 13

• Chenrezig Initiation