His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama conferred an Avalokiteshvara Empowerment from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India yesterday and today.

Day 1

Teachings on Day 1.

• to lead a life of transcendence 
• motivation is important, to be in the good for others and to work hard for your future life
• cultivating the body, this body we have cannot help us transcend/elevate, this body has to first dissolve into emptiness
• there is nothing that has inherent and independent existence, things exist by way of designation, whatever that arises through dependence is empty.

Nagajuna 

-I m not one in aggregates,

-I m not one with aggregates

-I do not posses aggregates

Who am i?

you are not an aggregate, this appearance of aggregate you cling on to disappears and you find yourself absorbed in emptiness ——arise into deity

the self does not exist intrinsically

all phenomena is devoid of intrinsic existence

things do not and can not exist apart from appearance 

Day 2

-we have been enslaved by our thoughts, selfish motives and self cherishing attitude

-It is important to generate virtuous state of mind, think of seeing other sentient beings, and for their mindful awakening, day by day, practise this and gain familiarity with it—-for the benefit of sentient beings, may I receive buddhahood, not that may i but that I will receive enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings

-reflect on emptiness

-all sufferings come from selfishness ; all happiness come from wishing others to be happy

-Cultivate Bodhicitta if you care about alleviating suffering, in bodhicitta, you feel peaceful, rested, it purifies all negativity, that is the pathway to temporary and ultimate happiness.

-From the depths of the heart, feel Bodhicitta of cherishing others more than yourself, the altruistic spirit of enlightenment

-Dependent Origination: There is nothing objectively existing, things have no external existence, there’s nothing you can pinpoint at the core. If they can exist by themselves, what need is there for interdependence? What need is there for dependent origination?Things exist by way of relation to others, things have no objective existence. If things existed, they are merely designated

-Ignorance can be overcome, they have no core

-when there is understanding of emptiness within the law of cause and effect, you won’t be captivated by extremist views

-If you hold the conviction that nothing has objective existence apart from being designated, clinging and ignorance to independent existence is shaken, so mediate on emptiness, undermine ignorance and self cherishing

–