"How Delusions Arise" - Jon Landaw
This program was a part of “The Life and Legacy of Lama Tsongkhapa” presented by Tse Chen Ling.
This event was held at Tse Chen Ling in San Francisco on November 2, 2019.
In his Great Treatise, Lama Tsongkhapa emphasizes that although karma and the afflictions are both necessary as causes for the creation of samsaric suffering, it is the afflictions-also known as the delusions-that are primary. For this reason, he states that “it is very important to rely on a remedy for the afflictions.” And because the application of this remedy requires us to become as knowledgeable as we can about the afflictions, he analyzes them in great detail. Included within this analysis are six items-referred to in outline simply as basis, object, social context, explanation, habituation and attention-enumerated as the six factors causing these suffering-producing afflictions to arise in us.
Our discussion of these six factors will be based on a teaching given by the beloved Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984) at one of the famous Kopan courses dating back to the 1970s. As his students will attest, Lama Yeshe had the extraordinary ability to present even the most intellectually rigorous Dharma topic in a way that was immediately relevant to our everyday experience. It is hoped that our discussion of these six factors will benefit from at least a small portion of Lama Yeshe’s inspiration.
About the Jon Landaw
Jon has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism since the 1970s in India where he met his principal teachers-Lama Thubten Yeshe, Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche and Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey-and served as English editor for the Translation Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala. He and his family have been living in the Santa Cruz area since 1988.
"The Life and Legacy of Lama Tsongkhapa"
Presented by Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies from Fall 2018 through 2019.
Je Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357- 1419) was one of the greatest figures in the history of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of the Gelug tradition.
The year 2019 marked the 600th anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa's parinirvana. Tse Chen Ling offered a series of programs that celebrated the life and lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa. These programs reflected the core teachings and unique features of the Gelug tradition.
For details please visit:
TseChenLing.org/Tsongkhapa600.html