Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this brief 6-minute session, Geshe Pema Tsering touches on a striking image from the Bodhisattva Way of Life: the aspiration to transform one’s very body into medicine and food for the benefit of suffering beings. He sketches the scope of bodhisattva activity — mental dedication and physical deeds working together — and notes the role of prayer in wishing that patients themselves may become well. The session closes with an exchange about an upcoming question-and-answer exercise tied to the ongoing commentary, suggesting students are being tested on their understanding of the text. Useful primarily as a short supplementary segment for those already following the series.
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File: 03 Guide 2002 04 04.mp3
Teacher: Geshe Pema Tsering
Collection: Bodhisattva Way of Life (Geshe Pema Tsering)
Date: 2002-04-04
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~328
It is I don’t know. Heard it all the boys. It’s the because it’s the bodhisattva’s activity, how they physically the action deeds of mental and the bodily activities, deeds of Buddhist afterwards. This is how they do in mental, dedicating and wishing one oneself to transform into medicine and help to self food. That’s transformed into medicine and been eaten by the patience.
But and yeah. But it’s the number of virtues. But and then letting prayers to become a Patient as well. Yep. Still red.
Sorry. Still red. Yep. Yep. It’s green.
Here you go. Yes? Yeah. It’s the next wave. Uh-huh.
Okay. Yeah. Mhmm. Yep. It should be okay.
Yeah. As we said, you you can probably use the last one which is question. Yep. And when when do you want it? It it If you’re able to That’s what Geshe-la asked me.
So I gotta think about my I I mean, if you can read Tibetan, that’s fantastic. Yeah? Do you do you do the test and test itself or or after? I think you’re gonna have to test them. Okay.
Yeah. I guess, let’s say, we will discuss. I mean, it’s many of questions, but I’ll try our best to be on Thursday. You know? It’s been a busy time by these days.
What what we do, say yes on Thursday, if Geshe-la gives the question on Tuesday to me when I come on translation, I try to do it. Okay.