{"id":641,"date":"2022-08-20T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/?p=641"},"modified":"2022-10-03T10:15:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T10:15:53","slug":"the-dalai-lama-at-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/20\/the-dalai-lama-at-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dalai Lama at Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/55-B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-642\" width=\"243\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/55-B.jpg 324w, https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/55-B-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The Dalai Lama at Harvard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of lectures at Harvard University which fulfilled magnificently his intention of providing an in-depth introduction to Buddhist theory and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He structured the presentation according to the teachings of the Four Noble Truths and expanded their meaning to cover most of the topics of Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama&#8217;s combination of superb intellect, power of exposition, and practical implementation are evident in these lectures. He covers a broad spectrum of topics, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 The psychology of cyclic existence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Consciousness and karma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Cessation and Buddha Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Paths and the utilization of bliss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Techniques for meditation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Altruism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Valuing enemies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Wisdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 And much more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published By Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, 1988<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dalai Lama at Harvard His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of lectures at Harvard University which fulfilled magnificently his intention of providing an in-depth introduction to Buddhist theory and practice. He structured the presentation according to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}