Offered online via Zoom by Nalanda West (Recorded)
Sundays, October 12 and October 19, 2025
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Mountain Time
Düsum Khyenpa (1110–1193) was the first Gyalwang Karmapa and the founder of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
He dedicated his life to helping others, pacifying conflicts, and healing the sick, demonstrating that true spiritual awakening is inseparable from working for the benefit of all sentient beings.
His teachings emphasized the direct path to enlightenment through advanced meditation, grounded in a deep commitment to faith (a sense of trust and confidence), wisdom and compassion.
Over two Sundays, Acharya Lama Tenpa will present the First Karmapa’s teachings of Six Things for Quickly Achieving Enlightenment, grounding these in a 21st century context.
Those who wish to achieve unexcelled buddhahood
in one lifetime and one body need to have six things, it is said:
Faith, wisdom, compassion,
Meeting the lama, requesting Dharma,
And effort in accomplishing its purpose.
— from Six Things for Quickly Achieving Enlightenment (excerpt from The Life and Teachings of Düsum Kheyenpa, The First Karmapa)
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Date/Time
Date(s) - Sun., October 12, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
