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Jim Scott learned “songs of realization” from
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche in the Tibetan tradition of
enlightened masters such as Milarepa, Guru Rinpoche, and Götsangpa. At
Rinpoche’s request, Jim translated these songs into English and gave
them melodies. In this weekend teaching Jim teaches the meaning of the
songs and then leads the group in singing them. He teaches that singing
these songs is shamatha and vipashyana combined. Singing calms the mind
and the words provide the opportunity to contemplate the meaning.
Understanding that a realized mind is an awakened heart, he calls these
Songs to Waken the Heart.
Jim also teaches from his soon-to-be-released translation of
Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes, specifically a chapter of
that text called The Unsurpassable Vehicle. This text was composed by
Maitreya, the coming Buddha, as taught to him by the Buddha Shakyamuni.
In this text the Mahayana is taught as the Unsurpassable Vehicle with
the Vajrayana being a component. The first verse of the text describes
the content of the weekend teaching: “The practice is characterized by
six traits [t]o be brought to bear in performing the paramitas.” These
six traits are (1) its genuineness, (2) the mental cultivation it
entails, (3) its harmonious trait, (4) its avoidance of extremes in the
form of sets of opposites, (5) how the practice is specialized, and (6)
how the practice is not specialized.
In the late 1970s, the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa,
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, directed Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche to
found a shedra (institute for Buddhist studies) in Europe. There Khenpo
Rinpoche educated Westerners in the classic Indian Buddhist and Tibetan
Karma Kagyu Buddhist traditions. At the same time he taught these
students to be translators of the Tibetan language. This activity was
not only to preserve these traditions but also to make them available to
Westerners for practice. Jim Scott was among the first group of
translators at the shedra and he continues to be a senior heart student
of Khenpo Rinpoche. At Rinpoche’s request, Jim Scott translated and put
to melody many songs of realization. In addition, he has translated
numerous Buddhist texts and teaches widely.
5 talks on one MP3 CD.
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Features
- MP3CD Recordings
MP3CDs look like ordinary CDs, but contain compressed audio files. While a regular audio CD holds a maximum of only 80 minutes of recorded audio, an identical-looking MP3CD can easily hold the audio files from an entire weekend or even week-long teaching. MP3CDs can be played in a computer and/or the audio files can be downloaded into an iPod or similar device. MP3CDs may also be played on a portable MP3CD player. Most ordinary CD players, such as the CD player in most older cars (roughly 2005 and earlier), will not play MP3CDs. Many but not all cars 2006 or later do have MP3-capable CD players. Any car or home stereo CD player that is capable of playing an MP3CD will have “MP3” or “MP3-WMA” clearly marked on the front of it. - The MP3CDs available for sale on this web site are all clearly labeled and packaged in a clear case. The audio files on them have proper ID3 tag information, which means that on a computer, iPod or similar device the audio files will display (and can be searched by) Album (Title of teaching), Song (Talk number within a teaching) and Artist (Teacher).
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