Dalai Lama – Audio Material

Early Tours of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama in North America, Australia, and Britain

These recordings are from multiple tours of the Dalai Lama in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Britain between 1979 and 1984

A book of the Dalai Lama’s talks drawn from his lectures in the United States in 1979 and in 1981 and in Canada in 1980, titled Kindness, Clarity, and Insight is available for download or purchase from publisher: Snow Lion Publications / Shambhala.

Contents

Media Interviews and Official Functions

Media Interviews

Press Conference (Madison, Wisconsin, 1979) β†—

0:34 hours

Press Conference (Seattle, Washington, 1979) β†—

0:42 hours

Television Interview (San Anselmo, California, 1979) β†—

0:30 hours

Interview with CBS (1979) β†—

0:24 hours

Official Functions

Talk at Seattle University Degree Ceremony (Seattle, Washington, 1979) β†—

0:17 hours

β€œTibet and China” (Commonwealth Club and World Affairs Council, San Francisco, California, 1979) β†—

0:50 hours

Visit at Bhat Quang Vietnamese Pagoda (Houston, Texas, 1979) β†—

0:30 hours

Public Talks

General Talks

Public Lecture (Brisbane, Australia, 1982) β†—

1:12 hour

Public Address (Moggill, Queensland, Australia, 1982) β†—

1:20 hour

Love and Compassion

Love and Compassion (Houston, Texas, 1979) β†—

1:00 hour

Compassion, the Principle of Universal Responsibility (Claremont, California, 1979) β†—

0:36 hours

The Force of Compassion (Encino, California, 1979) β†—

0:46 hours

Universal Compassion and the Current World Crisis (Cambridge, Massachusettes, 1981) β†—

0:54 hours

Universal Responsibility and the Good Heart (Melbourne, Australia, 1982) β†—

0:53 hours

World Peace

The Buddhist Way to World Peace: Meditation and Altruistic Commitment (Detroit, Michigan, 1979) β†—

0:55 hours

Self Determination and World Peace (Detroit, Michigan, 1979) β†—

0:46 hours

Peace Through Human Understanding (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1984) β†—

1:02 hour

The Contribution of the Individual to World Peace (Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, England, 1984)Β β†—

1:10 hour

Peace of Mind, Peace in Action (London, England, 1984) β†—

1:05 hour

World Peace (London, England, 1984) β†—

1:07 hour

Spirituality in the Modern World


Spiritual Development in Today’s World (Washington, DC, 1979) β†—

0:54 hours

Hopes for the Future (Los Angeles, California, 1979) β†—

1:26 hour

Tibet in the Modern World, A Spiritual Contribution: The Message of Tibet (Syracuse, New York, 1979) β†—

0:47 hours

Interreligious Dialogue

β€œCommon Religious Aims” (Council on Religion and International Affairs, New York, New York, 1979)Β β†—

0:11 hours

Love, Compassion, and Social Progress (National Council of Churches, New York, New York, 1979)Β β†—

0:27 hours

Meditation and the Spiritual Life (Conference on Christian and Buddhist Meditation, Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, 1981) β†—

1:05 hour

Religious Unity (Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1979) β†—

0:31 hours

Cooperation Among Religions (El Camino College, Los Angeles, California, 1979) β†—

0:45 hours

Cooperation Among Religions (Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, 1979) β†—

0:17 hours

Address to EST Graduates (First and Second Universalist Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979)

0:42 hours

The Path of Compassion and Wisdom (Denver University and Catholic Diocese, Denver, Colorado, 1981) β†—

1:00 hour

The Practice of Universal Compassion (Theosophical Society, Wheaton, Illinois, 1981) β†—

1:11 hour

The Gift of Peace – A Message for All Faiths (City Hall, Chanderiggs, Glasgow, Scotland, 1984)Β β†—

0:58 hours

Buddhist Teachings

Introduction to Buddhism

Introduction to Buddhism (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1979) β†—

0:54 hours

Buddhist Views on Karma (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1979) β†—

0:18 hours

Buddhist Theory and Practice (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusettes, 1981) β†—

18:11 hours

Seminar on Buddhist Philosophy – Lectures on the Twelve Links (Camden Centre, London, England, 1984) β†—

8:59 hours

Death and Dying

Tibetan Views on Dying (Charlottesville, Virginia, 1979) β†—

0:48 hours

Death and Dying (International Institute of Integral Sciences, Montreal, Canada, 1980) β†—

1:11 hour

General Talks to Buddhist Practitioners

The Contemplative Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, 1981) β†—

1:03 hour

Talk to Students of the Insight Meditation Society (Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts, 1979) β†—

0:41 hours

Talk to Pracitioners of the San Francisco Zen Center (San Francisco Zen Center, 1979)Β β†—

1:08 hour

Short Talk at the Nyingma Institute (Nyingma Institute, Berkeley, California, 1979)Β β†—

0:08 hours

Talk to members of the Dharmadhatu Center (Dharmadhatu Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979)Β β†—

0:16 hours

Stages of the Path (Lamrim)

Tsong-kha-pa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path (Toronto Buddhist Church, Toronto, Canada, 1980) β†—

2:17 hours

Tsong-kha-pa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path (Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Washington, New Jersey, 1981) β†—

1:50 hour

Tsong-kha-pa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path (Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling, Los Angeles, California, 1984) β†—

4:38 hours

Mind Training (Lojong) and the Bodhisattva Path

Eight Verses for Training the Mind (Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Washington, New Jersey, 1979) β†—

1:32 hour

Eight Verses for Training the Mind (Tashi Lhunpo Temple, Freewood Acres, New Jersey, 1979) β†—

1:26 hour

Emptiness and Compassion (Kew Civic Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 1982) β†—

9:48 hours

The Sa-kya Text Separation From the Four Attachments (Karma Dzong, Boulder, Colorado, 1981) β†—

0:46 hours

The Bodhisattva Motivation: Giving and Taking (University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 1979) β†—

0:58 hours

The Bodhisattva Motivation and the Perfection of Giving (Ganden Mahayana Center, Middleton, Wisconsin, 1979) β†—

0:45 hours

The Bodhisattva Motivation and the Perfection of Ethics (University of Oriental Studies, Los Angeles, California, 1979) β†—

0:32 hours

Mahayana Ethics (Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusettes, 1979) β†—

1:07 hour

The Bodhisattva Motivation and the Perfection of Concentration (Boston Buddhist Centers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979) β†—

1:15 hour

The Bodhisattva Motivation and the Perfection of Wisdom (Wisdom’s Goldenrod, Ithaca, New York, 1979) β†—

2:48 hours

Emptiness

The Nature of the Self (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusettes, 1979) β†—

0:57 hours

The Two Truths (University of California, Berkeley, California, 1979) β†—

0:52 hours

Tantra

Short Talk about the Mantra OM MANI PADME HUM (Dharmadhatu Center, New York, New York, 1979) β†—

0:07 hours

The Tantric Path of Tibetan Buddhism (Colorado University, Boulder, Colorad, 1981) β†—

1:07 hour

Deity Yoga (Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, 1979) β†—

0:46 hours

Kalachakra Initiation (Deer Park, near Madison, Wisconsin, 1981) β†—

10:53 hours

Dzogchen

Union of Old and New Translation Schools (UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies, Dyke, Virginia, 1979) β†—

1:47 hour

Dzogchen Teaching (Camden Centre, London, England, 1984) β†—

3:06 hours

Tibetan-Only Recordings

See also the Tibetan-only recordings of the Dalai Lama (without English transation).

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