Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 46-minute teaching on Tibetan Buddhist thought transformation, the speaker explores the central insight of Śāntideva’s advice: self-centeredness is the root of all suffering, while other-centeredness generates happiness. He unpacks how self-attachment generates the afflictive emotions—jealousy, competitiveness, pride, anger, conceit—that lead to harmful actions and negative karma, while selfless concern for others naturally produces the merit and positive actions that bring genuine well-being. The teaching walks through the logical chain: all suffering results from unskillful actions; all unskillful actions arise from self-centeredness; therefore, blaming external circumstances—other people, spirits, obstacles—is mistaken. Instead, a practitioner must drive all blame onto the one true culprit: self-cherishing. The speaker concludes by showing how sustained practice in giving victory to others and taking defeat upon oneself progressively weakens self-centeredness and awakens genuine compassion. Aimed at serious practitioners studying thought transformation.
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File: tbi-duplicate-kr-thought-tranf-suns-radiance-suns-radiance-of-thought-transformation-11a-1989-09-11
Teacher: TBI (duplicate – KR Thought Tranformation 1989)
Collection: Sun's Radiance (TBI (duplicate – KR Thought Tranformation 1989))
Date: 1989-09-11
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~2,210