corner corner

Abong Rinpoche

Abong Rinpoche
Lam Rim Chenmo
(The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

The 32kb version is slightly larger and is intended for broadband users. The 16kb version is smaller and is intended for non-broadband users.
To save a file simply right-click on the link and click Save Target As..., or Save Link As... depending on your browser.

Digital CDs can be produced upon This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .· Please indicate what time period you would like on the disk (approximately 32 teachings per disk).· Also indicate whether you will pick the disk up at the Monastery, or need it shipped.

November 19th, 2011 (32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') b'') Going for refuge by knowing the distinctions
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') b'') 1'') The distinction based on their defining characteristics
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') b'') 2'') The distinction based on their enlightened activities
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') b'') 3'') The distinction based on devotion
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') b'') 4'') The distinction based on practice
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') b'') 5'') The distinction based on recollection
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') b'') 6'') The distinction based on how they increase merit
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') c'')  Going for refuge through commitment
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') d'')  Going for refuge by refusing to acknowledge other refuges
 Pages: 188-190
November 12th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 2'') The good qualities of the teaching
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 3'') The good qualities of the community
 Pages: 187-188
October 29th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') (d) The good qualities of enlightened activities (Continued)
 Pages: 185-187
October 20th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') (d) The good qualities of enlightened activities
 Pages: 185
September 24th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') (c) The good qualities of the Buddha's mind
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') (c) (i) The good qualities of knowledge
····IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') (c) (ii) The good qualities of caring
Pages: 183-184
September 3rd, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
···IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') The way you go for refuge
···IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') Going for refuge by knowing the good qualities
···IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') The good qualities of the Buddha
···IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') (a) The good qualities of the Buddha's body
···IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 3') a'') 1'') (b) The good qualities of the Buddha's speech
Pages: 181-183
August 27th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
···IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 2') b'') The reasons why they are worthy to be a refuge. (continued)
Pages: 180
August 20th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 2') Based on that, the objects to which you go for refuge.
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 2') a'') Identifying the objects to which you go for refuge.
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 2') b'') The reasons why they are worthy to be a refuge.
Pages: 179
August 13th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
[Chapter 11: Going For Refuge To The Three Jewels]
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) Relying on the means for achieving happines in the next life.
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') Training in going for refuge, the excellent door for entering the teaching.
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) ii.) a') 1') The causes of going for refuge.
Pages: 177-179
July 30th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 3') c'') Hungry ghosts who have obstacles within the food and drink. (Continued)
Pages: 174-175
June 25th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
··IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 3') c'') Hungry ghosts who have obstacles within the food and drink.
Pages: 172-174
June 18th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 2') Contemplating the suffering of animals.
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 3') Contemplating the suffering of hungry ghosts.
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 3') a'') Hungry ghosts who have external obstacles for obtaining food and drink.
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 3') b'') Hungry ghosts who have internal obstacles for obtaining food and drink.
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 3') c'') Hungry ghosts who have obstacles within the food and drink.
Pages: 169-172
June 4th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 1') c'') Contemplating the suffering of the cold hells.
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 1') d'') Contemplating the suffering of the occasional hells.
Pages: 166-169
May 28th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 1') a'') Contemplating the suffering of the great hells of living beings (continued).
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 1') b'') Contemplating the suffering of the adjoining hells.
Pages: 164-166
May 21st, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
[Chapter 10 Reflecting on Your Future Life]
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 1') Contemplating the suffering of hell denizens.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') 1') a'') Contemplating the suffering of the great hells of living beings.
Pages: 161-164
April 30th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
[Chapter 10 Reflecting on Your Future Life]
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) b') Contemplating what will occur in your future life: the happiness or suffering of the two types of beings.
Pages: 161-162·
April 23rd, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
*Note* The beginning of the teaching was missed.
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') c'') 3'') Your body will not help (continued).
Pages: 159-160·
April 16th, 2011
·
·Sections Covered:
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') b'') 3'') The contemplation that the time of death is uncertain because the body is very fragile.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') c'') The contemplation that at the time of death nothing helps except religious practice.·
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') c'') 1'') Friends will not help.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') c'') 2'') Resources will not help.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') c'') 3'') Your body will not help.
Pages: 157-159·
April 2nd, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
·Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') b'') The contemplation that the time of death is uncertain.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') b'') 1'') The contemplation that the life span in this world (Jambudvipa) is uncertain.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') b'') 2'') The contemplation that the causes of death are very many and the causes of life few.
Pages: 154-157·
March 26th, 2011
(32kb) (16kb)
·Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') a'') 3'') The contemplation of the certainty of death such that even while you are alive there is little time for religious practice.
Pages: 152-154
December 4th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') a'') 2'') The Contemplation that our lifetime cannot be extended and constantly diminishes.
Pages: 150-152
November 27th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') How to cultivate mindfulness of death.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') a'') The contemplation that death is certain.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 4') a'') 1'') The contemplation that the Lord of Death will definitely come, and therefore cannot be avoided.
Pages: 148-150
November 20th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 3') The kind of mindfulness of death you should develop.
Pages: 147-148
November 13th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 2') The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of death.
Pages: 146-147
October 30th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 1') The faults of not cultivating mindfulness of death. (completed)
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 2') The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of death.
Page: 146
October 23rd, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 1') The faults of not cultivating mindfulness of death. (continued)
Pages: 145-146
October 16th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 1') The faults of not cultivating mindfulness of death. (continued)
Page: 145
October 2nd, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:
[Chapter Nine Mindfulness of Death]
·IV.) B.) 2.) b.) The actual way to take full advantage of a life of leisure and opportunity.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) Training the mind in the stages of the path shared with persons of small capacity.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) Developing a state of mind that strives diligently for the sake of future lives.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') Mindfulness of death, the contemplation that you will not remain long in this world.
IV.) B.) 2.) b.) 1.) i.) a') 1') The faults of not cultivating mindfulness of death.

Pages: 143-145
September 25th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) b.) ii.) The Purpose

Pages: 139-141
September 18th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) b.) i.) The actual reason. (continued)

Pages: 137-139
September 4th, 2010

Unfortunately, due to the recording equipment not being available, this week's teaching is not available.
August 28st, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) b.) i.) The actual reason. (continued)

Pages: 136-137
August 21st, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) b.) i.) The actual reason. (continued)

Pages: 135
August 7th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) Why Students are led in stages using the trainings of the three types of persons.

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) a.) The purpose of leading students by means of the paths of the three types of persons.

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) b.) Why one guides students through such stages.

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 2.) b.) i.) The actual reason.

Pages: 133-135
July 24th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

[Chapter Eight The Three Types of Persons]

IV.) B.) 2.) How to take full advantage of a life of leisure and opportunity

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) How to develop certain knowledge of a general presentation of the path.

IV.) B.) 2.) a.) 1.) How all the scriptures are including within the paths of the three types of persons.

Pages: 129-132
June 26th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 1.) c.) Contemplating the difficulty of attaining leisure and opportunity. (completed)

Pages: 127-128
June 19th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 1.) c.) Contemplating the difficulty of attaining leisure and opportunity. (continued)

Pages: 126-127
June 5th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 1.) c.) Contemplating the difficulty of attaining leisure and opportunity.

Pages: 124-126
May 29th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 1.) b.) Contemplating the great importance of leisure and opportunity. (continued)

Pages: 122-124
May 22nd, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 1.) b.) Contemplating the great importance of leisure and opportunity.

Pages: 120-122
May 1st, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

IV.) B.) 1.) a.) 2.) Opportunity.
IV.) B.) 1.) a.) 2.) a.) The five aspects of opportunity that pertain to yourself.
 IV.) B.) 1.) a.) 2.) b.) The five aspects of opportunity that pertain to others.

Pages: 119-120
April 24th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Sections Covered:

[Chapter Seven A Human Life of Leisure and Opportunity]

IV.) B.) The stages of how the students train their minds after they have relied on the teacher.
1.) An exhortation to take full advantage of a life of leisure and opportunity.
a.)The identification of leisure and opportunity
1) Leisure.

Pages: 117-119
April 17th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Section Covered: IV.) A.) 2.) b.) Refuting misconceptions about meditation. (continued)
Pages: 113-116
March 27th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Section Covered: IV.) A.) 2.) b.) Refuting misconceptions about meditation.
Pages: 111-113
March 20th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
Section Covered: IV.) A.) 2.) b.) Refuting misconceptions about meditation.
Pages: 109-111
March 6th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Section Covered: IV.) A.) 2.) a.) 2.) d.) How to practice diligently without sleeping at the wrong time and how to act properly at the time of sleep.
Pages: 106-108
February 20th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)

Section Covered: IV.) A.) 2.) a.) 2.) c.) Appropriate diet.
Pages: 105-106
Januray 30th, 2010*
(32kb) (16kb)

*Note: Due to a loss of power the first 1/2 of this teaching was lost.

Section Covered: IV.) A.) 2.) a.) 2.) b.) ii.) Acting vigilantly with respect to the foundations
Pages: 103-104
Januray 23rd, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
January 16th, 2010
(32kb) (16kb)
2009
December 19th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
December 12th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
November 28th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
November 21st, 2009

(32kb) (16kb)
November 7th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
October 31st, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
October 17th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
October 3rd, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
November 12th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
November 5th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
August 22nd, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
August 15th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
August 1st, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
June 27th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
June 20th, 2009*
(32kb) (16kb)
*Note: Due to technical difficulties this recording only contains the first half of the teachings.
June 6th, 2009

(32kb) (16kb)
May 23rd, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
May 16th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
May 9th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
April 19th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
April 11th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
March 28th, 2009
Unfortunately this week's recording was missed.
March 21st, 2009
Pending
February 21st, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
February 14th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
February 7th, 2009

(32kb) (16kb)
January 24th, 2009

(32kb) (16kb)
January 17th, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
January 3rd, 2009
(32kb) (16kb)
2008
December 20th, 2008
(32kb) (16kb)
November 29th, 2008
(32kb) (16kb)
November 22nd, 2008
(32kb) (16kb)
November 15th, 2008
(32kb) (16kb)
November 1st, 2008
(32kb) (16kb)
October 18th, 2008

(32kb) (16kb)
October 4th, 2008

(32kb) (16kb)
September 27th, 2008

(32kb) (16kb)
September 20th, 2008:

(32kb) (16kb)
September 6th, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
August 30th, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
August 23rd, 2008*:
(32kb) (16kb)
*Note: Due to technical difficulties this recording only contains the second half of the teachings.
August 16th, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
August 2nd, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
July 26th, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
July 5th, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
June 28th, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
June 21st, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
June 7th, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
May 31st, 2008:
(32kb) (16kb)
The 32kb version is slightly larger and is intended for broadband users. The 16kb version is smaller and is intended for non-broadband users.
To save a file simply right-click on the link and click Save Target As..., or Save Link As... depending on your browser.
July 25th, 2010
corner corner