2024 Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche

This is a FREE event and only available ONLINE.

In honor of Jetsun Taranatha’s Parinirvana, Khentrul Rinpoche will begin to give a commentary on one of Taranatha’s most precious texts, the Zhentong Nyingpo (The Essence of Zhentong). The commentary will then continue over the next several weekends and be accessible publicly in the learning center to those who sign up for free access.

Jetsun Taranatha is one of the most important Joanng lineage masters. He is revered not just by the Jonang but by my many lineages as he studied them in depth along with the Indian tantric systems. He was particularly well known for understanding the view of each system in an undistorted way from the philosophical perspective of that system. Most people, as they learn aspects of different philosophies, mix an underlying bias or view into their understanding of the system in which they either believe the most or are the most familiar. He did not do this and could argue from the perspective of the view he was holding.

The Zhentong Nyingpo is a very special text that explains the Zhentong (emptiness of other) view of the great middle way in relationship to other spiritual systems. This is an opportunity to examine and learn how the Zhentong view is similar and different from that of other views. Of course, for those who understand and believe the Buddhist perspective, this text shows the arguments of how the philosophical system of Zhentong is superior in relation to Rangtong (emptiness of self) and also other spiritual systems. This establishes Zhentong as the completion Dharma.

You don’t necessarily have to believe in the superiority of Zhentong to listen to and benefit from understanding this text. You can look at the text as a learning opportunity to understand the strengths, weaknesses, differences, and essence of various systems. This creates a philosophical mental map of how spiritual systems are in relation to each other.

This is a huge subject that Jetsun Taranatha has taken and compared in such a small text. Hence this text is considered to be the essence (nyingpo).

Commentaries are often hard for translators to translate in real-time if their root text has not been translated to their language. Therefore this event is scheduled to be in Engish, with translations only available at the discretion of the translation groups. 

Schedule by Timezone and Zoom Links

Central Europe and South Africa
MONDAY May 06, 2024 – 11:00 AM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87085894366?pwd=SEtKTE5XaytUNmxrVU90ZitDOFdOdz09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366     Passcode: 108108

SATURDAY May 11, 2024 – 11:00 AM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82275590234?pwd=ckpjRXc5eVhlYzlITTk4bTF6YTEyQT09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366     Passcode: 108108

SATURDAY May 25, 2024 – 11:00 AM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81269461887?pwd=N2ZvdXJGb1dJa2g1eWljdzdhSnN0dz09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366     Passcode: 108108

SATURDAY June 1, 2024 – 11:00 AM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87083844445?pwd=ODR6dzFDR3ZwSmVZS1JWTHB6RWdjUT09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366     Passcode: 108108

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