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This lecture describes the various levels on which Enlightened Consciousness seeks to communicate itself to those who are unenlightened.
Talk given in 1972.
| 1. | What we celebrate on Dharmachakra Day (6:45) | |
| 2. | Bahiya's request (6:01) | |
| 3. | Teaching the Five Ascetics (9:54) | |
| 4. | Buddhavachana and the oral tradition (6:50) | |
| 5. | The highest level of Buddhavachana; the Buddhamind and the mantra OM (8:10) | |
| 6. | Archetypal images, conceptual thought, and words (6:56) | |
| 7. | Levels of transmission: i. Jinas; ii. Vidyadharas; iii. Acharyas (4:04) | |
| 8. | Earliest sacred scriptures: the Vinaya ('monastic code') (5:27) | |
| 9. | Dialogues and discourses of the Buddha (3:31) | |
| 10. | Anthologies of sayings of the Buddha (4:38) | |
| 11. | Abhidharma collections (2:13) | |
| 12. | Mahayana Sutras: i. Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 lines ii. 'White Lotus of the True Teaching' iii. Lankavatara Sutra iv. Lalitavistara Sutra v. Gandhavyuha Sutra (7:21) | |
| 13. | Tantras (1:03) | |
| 14. | Three collections of the scriptures: i. Pali Tipitika ii. Chinese San Tsang iii. Tibetan Kangyur (2:47) | |
| 15. | Manjughosha (Vagishvara) and the Buddha (5:28) |
Total running time: 1:21:08
