Jeff Schoening's guest appearances

Jeff Schoening

Sakya Monastery Dharma Lectures

H.E. Dagmo Kusho

H.H. J.D. Sakya

Lama Choedak

Tantric Buddhism

Ken Hockett

Lama Migmar

Tulku Yeshi

Kunchok Gyaltsen

H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

OwlTail

His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya is a direct descendant of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, founder of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism. Learn about the origins of this distinguished family lineage, known for their three excellent names and their divine ancestors. Included in their history is a royal minister, some of the first Tibetan monks, a noted translator during the royal period, and disciples of Padmasambhava. They took up the new tantras while retaining a few Nyingma tantras. Upsaka Jeff Schoening will discuss the founding of the first Sakya Monastery, the prophecies about Sakya, and the birth of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo. This presentation is based on the writings of Jamgön Améshap, the great Sakya lama and historian of the 17th century, the two Sakya histories by Lopön Thuchey Wangchuk, and over thirty years of Jeff's research on the Sakya lineage.

Sakya-Kohn Lineage, pt 2 - Dr. Jeff Schoening

Sakya-Kohn Lineage, pt 1 - Dr. Jeff Schoening

We in the west are relatively unfamiliar with the Buddhist world view, even though it has great significance to those who would follow and / or study the path of the Buddha. This talk is an orientation to the Tibetan Buddhist world view. Cosmology is a branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, processes, and structure of the universe. This presentation describes from Buddhist viewpoints the origins of the universe, the process by which it begins, develops, and dissolves, and the way the universe is laid out, from single world systems to cosmically vast ones. We examine the career of Sakyamuni Buddha, from the time his “gotrarigs” (inclination to bodhi) was awakened until his final enlightenment. And finally we will consider the way we in Seattle fit into this Tibetan Buddhist structuring of the universe.

Buddhist Cosmology - Dr. Jeff Schoening