Sep 03
karmapa day 8

The Age of Philosophy: The Origins of Secret Mantra Day 8

The Mar Ngok Summer Teachings 2021 3 September 2021 The Karmapa continued his discourse on the early history of India as a background to understanding the life and thought of Buddha Shakyamuni. The Age of Philosophy is the third part of the Later Vedic Period. The Indo-Aryans had continued to... read more →
Sep 02
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Aug 30
karmapa day five

The Later Vedic Period: The Origins of Secret Mantra Day 5

The Mar Ngok Summer Teachings 30 August 2021 His Holiness continued today’s teachings with a presentation of the later Vedic Period which lasted from the 11th to the 6th century BCE. The Spread of Philosophical Literature Around the tenth or eleventh century BCE, all the non-Aryan people who had previously... read more →
Aug 28
Aug 27
karmapa day four summer teachings

The Vedic Period: The Origins of Secret Mantra Day 3

The Mar Ngok Summer Teachings 2021 27 August 2021 The Early Vedic Period The Vedas first appeared in the original language spoken in Central Asia by the Aryan people, then gradually developed into what was called the Vedic language which became Sanskrit in the 7th and 6th c. BCE. In... read more →
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