Mystery Buddhadharma

In the course of this introductory teaching series, Chöje Lama Palmo will explain the pillars of the Buddhadharma in short segments in an easy and comprehensible way. She will give a good overview, idea and general presentation of the real meaning of Buddhism and what is not.

Topics and contents of the series

The three pillars of progress
In this session, Chöje Lama Palmo will discuss the three basic pillars of Buddhism:

View
Meditation
Application in daily life

Further, she will elucidate on the question if Buddhism is a religion, a philosophy or a way of life.
The cat chasing its own tail
In this session, Chöje Lama Palmo will talk about how we constantly fall for our emotions and that our habits ever and ever again let us run in circles.

She will discuss the basic statement of Buddhism of

Disturbing emotions

It is them, that ever and ever again let us roam around in fixed ideas, concepts and perception.
How to rid ourselves of guilt
In this session, Chöje Lama Palmo will touch upon the common setting of guilt, hindering us and inhibiting our progress. She will discuss the contrary concept of

Karma
Cause
Result

Hedonismus is a fallacy
In this session, Chöje Lama Palmo will talk about how our Western world has been based on the concept of hedonism since antiquity, postulating happiness of self. She then will contrast it with the Buddhist attitude of altruism. She will in the course of the teaching illustrate the motivation of both

Happiness and the cause of happiness
Suffering and the freedom from suffering

In recognizing the causes of our suffering, our selfish actions, lies the potential to limitless happiness and contentment.
Independence is simply fake news
In this session, Chöje Lama Palmo will illustrate all phenomenas' dependence and will explain that everything is connected. She will talk about the philosophy of

Interdependent origination

and elaborate that nothing arises out of itself, rather is always the result of different components interacting with each other.
Nil is fix
In this session, Chöje Lama Palmo will explain the simple truth of

Change

Nothing is static, everthing is constantly moving, nothing is in deadlock. Everything compound is always subject to change, in a dynamic process.