Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche ~ The Future of Buddhism, London Talks Part Two

This is the second of two public talks entitled ‘The Future of Buddhism: Challenges and Opportunities in Modern Society’, given by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche at the invitation of Rigpa in London, on 11 March 2018. The talk is complete and unedited.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche was requested to share his insights into the future of Buddhism in the Modern world, addressing key questions such as:
-What are the main challenges and opportunities for Buddhism in the Modern World?
-How can the tradition of Tantric Buddhism, as found in the Tibetan tradition, co-exist with a society increasingly dominated by individualism and the rejection of gurus?
-Are there risks in the trend to secularise Buddhism?
-What dangers are inherent in the rejection by some Buddhists of teachings on rebirth and karma?
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[@rinchenkhandro]

Rinpoche, May You Live Long !! Please return again and again to teach us the Precious Dharma 🙏🙏🙏

[@Kadag]

1:13:25 What Rinpoche is communicating is very important, and when I was just first meeting the Vajrayana I had the opportunity to get one of those big hands on the top of my head. It was with Dilgo Khyentse and it changed everything.

[@stephenbrown7429]

How exactly do you feel like it changed everything?

[@omahhumvajragurupadmasiddhihum]

So illuminating in so many different ways! Thank so much Rinpoche !

[@KevinLopez-rl6wq]

oh nice, glad to see Dzongsar bring up the distinction between kriya, Caryā, yoga tantra and the higher level tantras. I wish he spoke on this issue more.

[@tsampadi]

Thank You so much for shining a light on the multifarious issue we face here,so nicely presented humourous and profound!

[@MrTaralou]

thanks so much, so precious, so clear!! :)

[@Jacket140]

Rinpoche.... may you live long life to benefit sentin being in this world..

[@angelasands8875]

Thanks to Rinpoche for his teachings and direct answers. I have found it useful!

[@bastionathloneireland789]

Thanks you Rinpoche!

[@belleheywood5063]

Immensely helpful. Thank you, Rinpoche.

[@jnsa9454]

Obstacles as a sign: the dawning of the Wisdom☉Sun

[@huiching6030]

thank you prospective teacher for teaching me here.... thank you ... it is a good time to learn... some you talk cannot be found in the tantric books I read.... tq

[@huiching6030]

no matter how bad one should not give up on the Dharma... I never want to!

[@christophemoret3423]

Thanks for this beautifuls Teaching given in Rigpa centres - one of your students from France

[@2witzrs]

24:39 And here we are today, the film Rinpoche was thinking about making is now available for pre-order. haha :)

[@KevinLopez-rl6wq]

Dzongsar says that westerners need to accumulate more good merit for getting better teachers. I agree. He talks also about it being important to have a proper foundation for vajrayana. I agree. I think we Americans and Europeans need more training and more foundation in Theravada and Mahayana. These should be taken more seriously as literal prerequisites for practice before encountering Vajrayana. This would be accumulating enough good merit for better Vajrayana teachers.

[@openbuddhistforuminternational]

OM A RA PA TSA NA DHI in our humble opinion such statements like "everything is your projection" can be really very dangerous and be misused by so called manipulative gurus ! In psychiatric terms such methods are called gasslighting . Use your intelligence/prajna to discern . Never give your power away to some manipulators . Discover your innate Buddha nature and continue in Natural state of Dharmakaya . Guru Garab Dorje gave us Three statements to discover our innate Buddha nature . May it be auspicious .Health and long life to you, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, you taught us a lot during 1994 seminar at Adriatic coast : Art of enlightened warriorship . We remain grateful. OM A RA PA TSA NA DHI P.S. Regarding the Lineage : your late father Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche wrote very enlightened chapter in the Magic Dance : Lineage .

[@jampalwangpo259]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@huiching6030]

You should defend the teachings otherwise I will jump again! Thank you so much! Without you I could not ever say it correctly...... keepgigglling

[@MariaRodriguez-gc9jk]

How about the 7 line reasoning of the chariot used by the Gelugpa?

[@huiching6030]

yes, paradox leads to magic. and that is emptiness as in paradox.. yes the workings of "magic", the manipulative power, the Buddha's 4 powers of subjugating, enriching, pacifying and magnetizing can be executed within that emptiness, am I correct, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche?

[@KevinLopez-rl6wq]

From how Dzongsar Khyentse describes Vajrayana guru-student relationship (mahasiddha lineage), it really sounds much more like a Pratyekabuddha lineage. So is a Pratyekabuddha practice being misapplied by attempting to put it in a public context? Seems like it. Perhaps it makes sense to distinguish between Outer Tantras (Kriya, Carya, and Yoga tantra) and Inner Tantras (Anuttarayoga tantra or Maha/Anu/Ati Yoga tantra)? Outer tantras are for the public, but inner tantras should be much more private?

[@huiching6030]

nope. I will never be nervous if I ever asked to be your student but you ought to be if you wanted to be my guru! Ask my precious teacher. I think I sometimes spook him with my behavior. See? He is very gentle and fragile like a piece of fine porcelain..... keepgiggling

[@tenzind4175]

Rinpoches is no doubt knows A lot .. but somewhere i didnt get the Point what he is trying to Teach ...ofcourse this might be the Language Barrier or may be there is a bit of a Tanglement in Vajrayanas concepts..

[@jnsa9454]

Listen to question around 56:00...the question that Rinpoche advises us to tattoo to our body🙃

[@sonamchoden5086]

🌷🌷🌷🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷

[@huiching6030]

True! no touching by guru with his dirty hands!

[@ronmichelson1131]

Question, please...What is the Rinpoche's name and book Rinpoche is speaking about at approx. 32:00min. Thank you.

[@sangay4469]

'The Words of my Perfect Teacher' by Patrul Rinpoche

[@ronmichelson1131]

@@sangay4469 Thank you so much!

[@cloudysky-h4c]

🌷🌼💐🌸🌺🌹🪷🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@huiching6030]

flower!

[@huiching6030]

ok.... Bond Street.... understood.... hehehe

[@huiching6030]

yes.... you seen to be teaching - here - but sometimes it look not real... it is only a projection out of my computer. ... Am I here receiving this teaching? Appearance and emptiness... exist? not exist? Did I exist here? Maybe not. Well... keepgiggling

[@ROGERWDARCY]

Why are you angry at the truth!

[@huiching6030]

when you reached paradox, you already "abandon your clothes"... you got the guts to go to the toilet..... not leaking anymore!.... keepgiggling

[@tenzinthinley8764]

This guy has zero credibility to talk on future of Buddhism when he himself is in guise of Sangha when indulging in a “ worldly “ pleasure

[@frontier9]

Wandering vs a hierarchical institution that propagates something incorrectly. Vinaya as checks and balances versus "no thanks we are vajrayana' club mentality. It's all here - for those who had their trust and inspiration damaged Rigpa has not done them more good than bad ... even if there is good there is confusion as to the truth of dharma - corruption. That is a major obstacle that only intelligence and work to filter out things. A good talk but again DJK still has no idea what cults are and how they function so he just talks about appearances, not about group think, reducing peoples capacity to think critically. All the while some of the questions are rejoicing that now there is the opportunity to ask questions. I go back to wandering