2024-02-18 Teaching Summary
  • reviewing from stanza 85 of Lama Chopa and the preciousness of a human rebirth 
  • importance of recognizing the preciousness of human life and the need to contemplate impermanence, which helps bring benefits: 
    • can help individuals face life’s challenges with courage and prevent anxiety 
    • prevent clinging to happiness and suffering, realizing both are temporary states 
    • motivates one to dedicate their life to meaningful pursuits 
    • prevents one from squandering a human rebirth with pursuits like hoarding wealth 
  • human’s brain and intelligence in comparison to other (animal) realms is the reason for the preciousness of a human rebirth.  

2024-02-18 Recording

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  • Tibetan word of the day: མུ་

    མུ་

    permutation; possibility; boundary

    Spelling (jorlok; Tib. སྦྱོར་ཀློག་) and pronunciation:
    མུ་་ – ma zhabkyu mu
    mu

    We use this in Tibetan logic: mu sum, mu zhi. Three possibilities, Four possibilities
    Four Possibilities in the form of Questions:
    a) Is it possible that there is something that exists that is a table and also impermanent?
    b) Is it possible that there is something that exists that is not a table and also impermanent?
    c) Is it possible that there is something that exists that is a table and not impermanent?
    d) Is it possible that there is something that exists that is not a table and not impermanent?

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