Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Teachings

This page contains transcripts of public teachings by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, focussing in particular on teachings from 2019-2021 on vipassana, nonduality, and view-meditation-action (which are reviewed in the 8-week program Introduction to Buddhism). Links to videos and other resources are also provided.

There are also transcripts of other popular teachings, including:

NEW! Aspiration is the King, January 2024, Vancouver

NEW! Aspiration, November 2016, Taipei

You are Your Own Master, June 2021, Vancouver

Love and Relationships, April 2012, Singapore


DJKR Teachings: List 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Previous Teachings


Note: These transcripts are edited transcripts of live teachings, and should not be taken as Rinpoche’s final word. Every effort has been made to ensure they are accurate both in terms of words and meaning, however all errors and misunderstandings are the responsibility of the editors of madhyamaka.com. Please see note.


Transcripts & Commentaries

by Alex Li Trisoglio

2024 Teachings (partial list)

Aspiration is the King
January 6/7, 2024 (2 days)
The Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver
Public teaching on Samantabhadra’s King of Aspiration Prayers (Arya-Bhadracharya-Pranidhana-Raja)


2022 Teachings (partial list)

Vipassana – A Sadhana
February 19/20, 2022
Singapore (3H 20M)
Public teaching given online.


2021 Teachings (partial list)

Dhyana
November 15, 2021
Hong Kong (2H 25M)
Public teaching, Hong Kong University.

Gandavyuha Sutra (The Stem Array)
October 30, 2021
Hong Kong (1H 57M)
Public teaching given online.

Refuge and Bodhisattva Vow
October 27, 2021
Asia (0H 47M)
Public teaching given online.

Poison is Medicine
August 3, 2021
Halifax, NS, Canada (1H 40M)
Public teaching in Spatz Theatre

Karma
July 18, 2021
California (1H 42M)
Public teaching given online.

Bodhichitta
July 5, 2021
San Francisco (2H 3M)
Public teaching given online.

You Are Your Own Master
June 20, 2021
Vancouver, Canada (2H 46M)
Public teaching given online.

Commentary by Alex Li Trisoglio: “Introduction to Buddhism – Week 2: Self-Mastery”

Sadhana of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels
February 19, 2021
Taipei, Taiwan (1H 0M)
Teaching on the Noble Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha).

Nonduality: Mandala
February 2021 (undated)
Taipei, Taiwan (0H 14M)
Teaching on nonduality, mandala, Vairochana and Mantra of Dependent Origination.

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Resilience
January 14, 2021
Taipei, Taiwan (1H 7M)
Live Zoom session with the students and faculty of four colleges in Bhutan.


2020 Teachings (partial list)

Vipassana for Beginners
December 11-12, 2020
Taipei, Taiwan (2 days)
Public teaching “Vipassana primarily for beginners and non-Buddhists”. Includes recordings of DJKR leading guided mindfulness meditations on body and mind.

Commentaries by Alex Li Trisoglio: 
• (1) (introduction to vipassana, view and 3 marks): “Introduction to Buddhism – Week 4: Vipassana
• (2) (on 4 foundations of mindfulness): “Introduction to Buddhism – Week 5: Meditation

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Buddhism and Modernity
November 25, 2020
Taipei, Taiwan (2H 53M)
Public teaching “A Contemporary Buddhist Perspective on Myth, Language, Globalization and Societal Values”.

Dharani
November 19, 2020
Taipei, Taiwan (0H 35M)
Public teaching given on the first day of the 10th Ushnishavijaya Drupchö.

Return to Normal
October 10-11, 2020.
Taipei, Taiwan (2 days)
Public teaching at Taipei International Convention Center.

Commentary by Alex Li Trisoglio: “Introduction to Buddhism – Week 3: Buddha”

Touching Base
September 12, 2020
Bir, India (0H 39M)
Public teaching online from Khyentse Labrang in celebration of the accumulation of 100 million Shakyamuni mantras as part of Bhumisparsha.

Kuntuzangpo
June 21, 2020 (Summer Solstice)
Bir, India (0H 35M)
Public teaching online from Khyentse Labrang. Includes recording of DJKR reciting the Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra.

Heart Sutra
June 4-5, 2020 (Saga Dawa)
Bir, India (0H 3M + 0H 19M)
Public teaching online from Khyentse Labrang.

Bodhisattva Vow
May 7, 2020 (Vesak)
Bir, India (0H 42M)
Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony, public teaching online from Khyentse Labrang.

View, Meditation + Action
January 25-27, 2020
Sydney, Australia (3 days)
Public teaching at The Roundhouse.

Commentary by Alex Li Trisoglio: “Introduction to Buddhism – Week 4: Vipassana”

Prajña
January 5, 2020
Bengaluru, India (1H 52M)
Public teaching at Prajñadhara Campus.

The Way of Vipassana
January 4, 2020
Bengaluru, India (2H 14M)
Public teaching.


2019 Teachings (partial list)

The Way of the Tathagata
December 27-29, 2019
Pune, India (3 days)
Public teaching at Savitribai Phule Pune University Campus.

Commentary by Alex Li Trisoglio: “Introduction to Buddhism – Week 3: Buddha”

Vipassana (Lhaktong)
November 27, 2019
Thimphu, Bhutan (1H 30M)
Public teaching.

Commentary by Alex Li Trisoglio: “Introduction to Buddhism – Week 4: Vipassana”


Previous Teachings (partial list)

Lotus Sutra
March 18, 2018
New Delhi, India (1H 43M)
Public teaching.

Love and Relationships
April 8, 2012
Singapore (2H 13M)
Public teaching.

Love, Work, Music
July 3, 2010
Menz, Germany (0H 7M)
Advice for young people, response to questions.


Note on Siddhartha’s Intent Transcripts

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Founded in 1986 by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Siddhartha’s Intent supports Rinpoche’s buddhadharma activities worldwide by organizing teachings and retreats, distributing and archiving recorded teachings, transcribing, editing and translating manuscripts and practice texts, and establishing a global community committed to study and practice.

With the exception of its publications, Siddhartha’s Intent does not publish official transcripts of Rinpoche’s teachings. At the request of Siddhartha’s Intent, the transcripts on this website should not be considered Siddhartha’s Intent publications nor are they copyright of Siddhartha’s Intent. 

Furthermore, the transcripts are edited transcripts of live teachings, and should not be taken as Rinpoche’s final word. Although every effort has been made to ensure that these transcripts (and any other references to Rinpoche’s teachings) are accurate both in terms of words and meaning, this is necessarily a case of “thus have I heard”1Ed.: “Thus have I heard” (Pali: Evam me suttam) is the first line of the standard introduction to Buddhist sutras. Traditionally, this phrase serves to confirm that the discourse is coming from the Buddha himself, as a “seal of authenticity”. However, Rinpoche has also advised us to use it to remember that our experience, understanding and recollection of a teaching is necessarily coloured and conditioned by our own projections. We cannot therefore expect that our subjective understanding or recollection of a teaching is shared by others or that it corresponds to what Rinpoche intended to communicate. See also “Thus have I heard” in wikipedia.. All errors and misunderstandings are the responsibility of the editors of madhyamaka.com. The audio and video recordings of Rinpoche’s teachings remain the definitive record.

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