The Three Principle Aspects of the Path

2pm - 5pm SATURDAY AFTERNOONS - JAN 30 FEB 6 13 20 27

DVD presentation teachings with Lama Thubten Yeshe, Guided meditations, interactive discussions
Here you can check the materials we will be utilizing www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=133

The LYWA text 'The three Principle Aspects of the Path' by Lama Yeshe is available for free distribution at the Centre for your reference.

Why is it important to study this topic?

"As the great eleventh century Indian master Atisha has said, "The human lifespan is short; the objects of knowledge are many. Be like the swan, which can separate milk from water."

Our lives will not last long and there are so many directions in which we can channel them. We should be like the swan, which extracts the essence from milk and spits out the water. There is so much that can be done: we should practice discriminating wisdom and direct ourselves to essential goals that benefit both ourselves and other beings in a way affecting this and future lives.

Human goals should be greater than those of beings such as animals, insects, and others because humans have greater potential. We have a very special intellectual capacity and can accomplish many things, even in one short lifespan. The goal to be accomplished should benefit not only ourselves but all sentient beings. Every sentient being hopes to gain the highest state of happiness or pleasure and be free from all kinds of suffering. All beings would like to attain a state of complete freedom from every kind of trouble and misery.

A human being has the potential to attain the highest happiness, the highest peace. Everybody would like to have such a state of being. Alternatively, everybody wishes to avoid misery and suffering. As spiritual practitioners we should wish freedom from misery not only for ourselves but for all sentient beings. Humans have intelligence capable of achieving these goals. They are able to practice the teachings, the methods by which these goals are realized ..."

To read this teaching in full by Geshe Lundrup Sopa visit www.fpmt.org/teachings/more/paths_sopa.asp