時間：2017年5月20日上午 May 20, 2017
地點：英國倫敦 巴特錫活動中 Battersea Evolution, London, England
主办单位：桑耶林(Samye Ling Monastery)

珍愛有情，更勝鑽石。如意寶、鑽石很珍貴，但它們能帶來的利益，遠不及眾生所能給我們的無窮利樂。

兩千多位主要來自英國及歐洲的信眾，齊聚一堂，參加法王首次訪英的第一場開示，主題為第十一世紀噶當派大師格西朗日塘巴的〈修心八頌〉。

負責此次法會佈置的桑耶林(Samye Ling Monastery)，從蘇格蘭運來所有用品，將倫敦巴特錫公園內前衛的巴特錫活動中心（Battersea Evolution）轉變為藏傳佛教的殿堂。在金色的舞台背景前，懸掛著三幅巨型唐卡，展現出佛陀十二行誼當中的三項。法王的金色法座位於舞台中央，右方是為後續灌頂所準備的四臂觀音壇城。

在桑耶林和桑耶宗佛學中心(Samye Dzong)的住持喇嘛耶謝洛薩仁波切（Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche）致詞後，法王開始今天的開示：

More than 2,000 people, mainly from the United Kingdom and Europe, gathered to hear the young head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism expound on an 11th century Tibetan text “The Eight Verses for Training the Mind” by the Kadampa master Geshe Langri Tangpa.

The Samye Ling community, who had transported everything from Scotland, transformed the hall of Battersea Evolution into a Tibetan shrine room. In front of an antique gold velvet backdrop, hung three thangkas depicting three of the twelve deeds of Shakyamuni Buddha, and a large, ornate throne graced centre stage. To its right a shrine containing an image of Four-Armed Chenresik had been prepared in advance of the empowerment to be held during the final session of the teachings.

Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, head of Samye Ling Monastery and the Samye Dzong organisation, escorted His Holiness onto the stage.