Making sense of Dalai Lama’s Teaching on Overcoming Addictions & Aversions Using the Blade Wheel of Transformation

At a teaching by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, he brought ancient Buddhist wisdom into 21st century practical application when he described the Sharp Weapon Blade Wheel of Transformation. He explained that by taking our addictions (desires, wants, cravings, indulgences, etc.) and our aversions (fears, anger, enemies, frustrations, suffering, etc.) we can use their antidotes to overcome them. From his perspective, the antidote to addiction is meditation and emptiness. The antidote to aversion is compassion and love. He pointed out that the best place to begin is with transformation of the heart. This can also be accomplished by putting “others before self.” With so much fear and divisiveness in the world, these ideas are extremely relevant to us today.  

Watch our video Dalai Lama Answers Difficult Question: https://youtu.be/TfaBevPyKNE

UN Earth Summits In Our Hands Rio De Janeiro part 4

In this podcast you will hear the final part from our video called 2 U.N. Earth Summits: 1972 & 1992.  This section is In Our Hands, Beyond the Earth Summit from the second United Nations Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. It’s part 4 in our podcast series.  In our video documentary we focused on indigenous people, women and youth. Here you will hear from luminaries including then Senator Al Gore, Helen Caldecott, and the Dalai Lama to name a few. What they say is more relevant today than ever.