In this video Professor Robert AF Thurman discusses his early days as a Tibetan language translator and studying “Tsongkhapa’s Iron Bow” with Tulku Tara & His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
Tsong Khapa’s Tengyur text, Essence of True Eloquence, is discussed here as preparation for the 2014 Beacon Theater teachings given by the H.H. the Dalai Lama.
Recorded at the September 2014 Tibet House US Series ‘Essence of True Eloquence: Profound Wisdom & Vast Compassion’ with Robert AF Thurman.
This video is an excerpt from the Tibet House US Member Archive Video: Profound Wisdom + Vast Compassion Introduction with Robert AF Thurman”. To watch the full video please visit: www.tibethouse.us.
H. H. the Dalai Lama gave an historic discourse on Nov. 3 & 4 2014 in New York City at the request of Tibet House US on “Essence Of True Eloquence”, and the masterpiece text by Jey Lama Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) that is considered a classic presentation of the profound view of reality that is foundational for opening the floodgates of universal compassion.
The text is known as the Essence Of True Eloquence: Distinguishing the Interpretable from the Definitive Meanings of the Buddha’s Sutra Discourses (Tibetan– Drang nges legs bshad snying po), which is lucid and detailed expansion of the Short Essence of True Eloquence, the poem Jey Tsong Khapa wrote on the morning of the dawning of his full enlightenment in 1398.
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