Teachings on Buddhism given buy the 15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dordje ( 1871 – 1922 )
Based on the prayer to the original Buddha, Kyntesangpo.
 
Diamond Way – The Vajrayana
Confidence in the nature of mind. Transforming ignorance into awareness.

Qualities of the Mind

  • The Truth State: Mind is like clear space that is filled with information

  • The Joy State: Mind’s true nature is fearlessness and joy

  • The Loving State: Awareness that all sentient beings have the same basic nature
 
The Great Way – Mahayana
Developing active compassion and liberating wisdom in balance to benefit others. Disturbing emotions become the raw material for enlightenment.

Four Buddha Activities (Development of Compassion)

  1. Peace-Giving Activity: Being kind and giving confidence

  2. Enriching Activity: Introducing life’s possibilities

  3. Sharing Facination: Sharing good qualities and excitement, while being honest and grateful

  4. Powerfully Protective: Destryoing negativity without anger

Six Liberating Actions (Paramitas)

  1. Generosity: Sharing spontaneous richness

  2. Conscious Living: A life that is aware, meaningful and useful to others 

  3. Patience: Avoiding anger so future happiness is not lost 

  4. Diligence: Maintaining joyful energy to fuel further growth

  5. Meditation: The tool for maintaining joy and awareness

  6. Wisdom: Subject, object, and action are all part of the same totality, so doing good is natural

Development of Wisdom

  1. Mirror-Like Wisdom: Appears when mind is aware as anger returns to space

  2. Equalizing Wisdom: Appears when mind is aware as pride returns to space

  3. Discriminating Wisdom: Appears when mind is aware as attachment returns to space

  4. Wisdom of Experience: Appears when mind is aware as jealousy returns to space by wishing others everything good

  5. Intuitive Wisdom: Appears when ignorance dissolves and mind recognizes itself; space and energy are experienced as the same, at all times and places
 
The Small Way– Hinayana
Avoiding harm. Methods to avoid one’s own suffering.

The Four Noble Truths

  1. Conditioned existence is suffering. Sickness, old age, death and loss control us.

  2. Suffering has a cause. We have been doing, thinking and saying things based on confusion and disturbing emotions. 

  3. Suffering has an end. Enlightenment is the continuous experience of highest truth and joy. Buddhahood.

  4. The way to the end of suffering. 84,000 teachings and practice of meditation.

 

The Four Motivating Thoughts

  1. Precious opportunity: Few people ever meet Diamond Way teachings and even fewer are able to use them.

  2. Impermanence: Only the unlimited clear space of mind is lasting ,and it is uncertain how long conditions will remain for recognizing it. 

  3. Causality: Former thoughts, words and actions became our present state, and right now we are sowing the seeds for our future.

  4. The reason for working with mind: Enlightenment is highest bliss; we cannot benefit others while confused or disturbed.