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How Delusions Arise

with Jon Landaw

Saturday, November 2: 10:30am-12:30pm 

This is a part of "The Life and Legacy of Lama Tsongkhapa" presented by Tse Chen Ling.

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. 
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About the Teacher
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

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​​2019 Series: The Life and Legacy of Lama Tsongkhapa

This teaching is a part of "The Life and Legacy of Lama Tsongkhapa" presented by Tse Chen Ling.

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 marks the 600th anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa's parinirvana. Tse Chen Ling will be offering a series of programs that celebrate the life and lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa. These programs will reflect the core teachings and unique features of the Gelug tradition.

For details, please visit the Life and Legacy of Lama Tsongkhapa series page.


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