Library of Tibetan Works and Archives The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives is a Tibetan library in Dharamshala, India.
The topic of this course will be the Cycle of Existence – negative emotions, karma and the twelve links of dependent origination.
As Geshe la often mentions, “the real troublemakers in our lives are the countless negative emotions in us. Not only do they hinder us in achieving the lasting happiness of liberation and enlightenment, they also don’t allow us to have peace and happiness in this life. The reason to do dharma practice is to fight with these negative emotions.”
This course will explain cyclic existence or samsara – meaning our body and mind circling in the various realms under the influence of afflictions and karma – by using the Wheel of Life, a visual illustration of the twelve links of dependent arising. These instances of samsara represent suffering and the cause of our suffering, where these negative emotions come from, and practice methods which will eventually lead us to liberation from cyclic existence.
Learning about the process of entering samsara offers us a marvellous insight into how to reverse samsara. In this way, the Wheel of Life becomes an incredible tool to awaken our profound nature and end the vicious cycle of suffering and attain the everlasting happiness of liberation and enlightenment.
