Replete with rich poetic imagery and metaphor, Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum relates a profound and refined vision of the Mahayana. The Tathagata Essence clarifies the meaning of our buddha potential, in particular the emptiness of the mind that allows evolution to a state of complete enlightenment. Geshe Tenzin Tenphel explains the first chapter for the FPMT Basic Program at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Italy, with a focus on the fourth vajra subject, The Tathagata Essence, drawing from both the root verses and Gyaltsab Je’s commentary, to offer a concise and lucid explanation of this inspiring subject.

This product is a downloadable PDF file which contains the enrollment key required to access this FPMT Basic Program online course on the online learning site at http://onlinelearning.fpmt.org.

The online site for this course contains the following resources:

• An introduction to FPMT Basic Program online, with a video introducing the BP subjects by Geshe Jampa Gyatso
• An introduction to The Tathagata Essence including how to approach and study this subject
• The audio recordings of the 24 teaching sessions by Geshe Tenzin Tenphel, which can either be listened to online, or downloaded for off-line listening
• The transcript of Geshe Tenphel’s oral commentary
• The English translation of the course text and of the standard FPMT Basic Program commentary
• Audio files of guided meditations for a short retreat
• Course materials including charts, open book study questions, meditation suggestions, and additional transcripts for supplementary reading
• Access to student and elder discussion forums, and
• Information about the FPMT Basic Program online completion certificate option, and the online test to complete this subject

For more information about this program and its preparatory study and practice please go to the Introduction to FPMT Basic Program online at the Online Learning Center. 

Important information about your order of Online materials: Following your order, you will be sent a link to a webpage where you can download a PDF document which will contain the enrollment key for the course and instructions on how to access the course on the FPMT Online Learning Center.