地點：印度 瓦拉那西 鹿野苑 Sarnath
時間：2009年03月22-23日 March 22 – 23, 2009
報導：Tashi Paljor
攝影：Tashi Paljor

3月22-23日，法王噶瑪巴應鹿野苑西藏中央大學噶舉護持委員會之邀請開講密勒日巴的正解中觀道。除了委員會的成員之外，前來聆聽法王開示的還有來自不同傳承的學校師生。

法王在第一天的開示中，首先向大家介紹噶舉傳承的歷史，法王強調他們的相互關聯。法王指出那些曾經在西藏興盛一時的傳承現在都已成了廢墟，法王表示他會持續關注，於印度及其它地方建立充滿活力的寺院以確保未來法教傳演的可能。

根據經續在基礎上介紹大手印，法王在前一週已於智慧金剛大學給過相同的開示。法王提出在不同的密續道中大手印的見地，並界定出由中觀見和大手印的他空見在其背景和目標上的不同。在給予口傳之後，法王開始提出他的論點。

第二天下午，法王直接從開了一整天的第一屆環保會議會場來到創古寺的大殿，繼續給予中觀道的開示，更多前來聆聽法王開示的信眾擠滿了大殿。法王直接進入中觀論中最複雜的議題，法王概述月稱菩薩之中觀應成派的立場，法王也探討了如何從他人觀點，同時又避免聲稱有其自己論點的辯論模式。

兩天的中觀課程開示，最後由堪布索甲總結致詞，表達對法王衷心的感謝與讚揚後，圓滿結束。

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa offered teachings on Milarepa’s Correctly Expressing the Middle Way, at the request of the Kagyu Relief and Protection Committee of the Central University for Tibetan Studies, in Sarnath. Along with the members of the Kagyu committee, the teachings were attended by students and teachers from the Central University for Higher Tibetan Studies from other lineages as well.

His Holiness began the first day with a presentation of the history of the Kagyu lineages, emphasizing their interconnectedness. His Holiness pointed out that all that is left of many of these once thriving lineages are ruins in Tibet, and expressed his ongoing concern to establish vibrant monasteries in India and elsewhere, to ensure the availability of the teachings in the future.

Building on the introduction to Mahamudra according to the sutra path, His Holiness had conferred, at the Vajra Vidya Institute the previous week, the Mahamudra view in the context of the tantric path. His Holiness delineated the differences in the contexts and purposes served by the Middle Way view and the Other-Empty view of Mahamudra. After conferring the oral transmission of the text, His Holiness commenced his commentary on the text.

On the second afternoon, His Holiness arrived to deliver the teachings straight from a full day’s attendance at the 1st Annual Conference on World Environment, which was hosted at Vajra Vidya at the same time. To an increasingly packed audience, His Holiness delved directly into some of the most complex issues raised in Middle Way philosophy. Outlining the Consequentialist Middle Way stance formulated by Chandrakirti, His Holiness explored its mode of arguing from the perspective of others, while eschewing the claim to have a thesis of its own.

Despite his initial suggestion that his remarks be taken as just casual conversation, during the course of the two afternoons His Holiness presented a virtual “tour de force” of commentary on the Middle Way view.

In conclusion, Khenpo Sogyal expressed thanks and praised HHK in a concluding speech that was clearly as heartfelt as it was extensive.