Who is Avalokiteshvara? by Ven. Tenzin Namjong

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FPMT Basic Program Supplementary Lecture #3 - on Heart Sutra
"Who is Avalokiteshvara?" by Venerable Tenzin Namjong
CKSL presents supplementary lectures to the FPMT Basic Study Program which is currently being taught at Choe Khor Sum Ling, FPMT Bangalore.
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Among the most famous if all the Buddhist scriptures, the Heart Sutra reveals the truth of emptiness through a short exchange between two of the Buddha's most illustrious disciples, Avalokiteshwara and Shariputra. Traditional commentary expands on the cryptic style of the sutra to clarify the exact nature of the wisdom realizing emptiness and the 'method' practices that are its essential complement, relating these two aspects of practice to the five levels on the path to enlightenment. The brevity and profound nature of the Heart Sutra have made its recitation popular as an effective means for dispelling obstacles to spiritual endeavor.
The Basic Program provides structured education in the Buddha’s teachings to committed students ready to progress beyond introductory-level study and practice. It is called the ‘Basic’ Program because its practice-oriented curriculum provides the foundation for understanding the entire Buddhist path from sutra to tantra. It was designed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to combine academic training and meditation practice. While the Basic program covers nine subject areas, each subject can be taken as a stand alone topic. CKSL began offering the subjects of the Basic Program starting with the subject the "The Heart Sutra."
"Form is empty, emptiness is form; form is not other than emptiness, emptiness is not other than form..." - Shakyamuni Buddha
For more information and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vision for the Basic Program: fpmt.org/education/programs/b... . To register for the course, please email [e-mail].
Born and raised in Hawaii, Venerable Tenzin Namjong took ordination from the Sera Je Abbot in year 2007. Venerable Namjong is a senior Teacher at CKSL and is currently in the twelfth year of the Geshe study program at Sera Je Monastery in Bylakuppe.
The photographs of the thousand armed Avalokieshvara were taken by Patricia Lee and are of the statue in Amitabha Buddhist Center, Singapore.
recorded in July 2018

[@aFoxyFox.]

Hello! Thank you so much for making this video.
For those of you who may be reading this, I highly reccomend that if you have an interest in Avalokiteshvara, you needn't necessarily concern yourself too much with how the term was used variously by a variety of people and sects throughout the world, with varying opinions. For the most part, in the past, and not dissimilar to how the word "Amitabha" may have been used, Avalokiteshvara was a name or epithet used to call for compassion and help to whatever goodness and salvic force may manifest or work to transforml into the action and help of Avalokiteshvara. So, I highly reccomend dedicating yourself to this name and word and idea if it interests you, and it has a very nice and favorable history as well in both the concept and associations which built around it and in its iconographic origins as well.
The Buddhist Monks are often called non-theistic, but historically Avalokiteshvara was used as anyone else might call upon God or a god that is believed to be hearing and seeing and experiencing with and through whatever information is generated.
Many, throughout history, seem to have found that regardless of their beliefs, in calling upon Avalokiteshvara, there can be for some a strong sense that Avalokiteshvara is "real", almost undoubtedly so, and undeniable for those who feel they have experienced Avalokiteshvara in some way or in a direct seeming response or result.

[@bigdken89]

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[@aichujohnson8444]

Why do you put an "uh" sound betweeb "sh" and "v"?
You're able to say "lush volley", or do you say "lush uh volley"?
Why is it, then, that you say
avalokitesh-UH-vara
?

[@ChoeKhorSumLing]

Hello. This is because of the way Sanskrit is pronounced. This is a Sanskrit word.