Essence of Eloquence: Sutra & Tantra with Robert Thurman + Wisdom Publications

An exploration of Tsong Khapa’s “Essence of Eloquence“ introduction & Chapter 5 by Tibet House US President Robert AF Thurman from the 10 Week Online Course. Includes a line by line translation from the original Tibetan text, detailed historical commentary & a brief guided meditation. This is an excerpt from the Wisdom Academy online course recorded at Menla Mountain Retreat Phoenicia, New York in August 2016. To watch more video previews & to register please visit: In the Wisdom Publications course “Sutra & Tantra: The Profound and Miraculous.“ Professor Robert Thurman explains Tsong Khapa’s essential points for understanding the union of relativity and voidness, and the crucial instructions for the creation and perfection stages of Unexcelled Yoga Tantra. By guiding students through Tsong Khapa’s biography and his masterworks—Essence of Eloquence, Great Stages of Mantra, and Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp—Thurman bring