Happiness and living blissfully relies on understanding who we are and who we are not. The Uttara Tantra is one of the definitive texts in the northern Buddhist tradition on the true nature or essence of who you are. Understand this and you are well on your way to true unshakeable happiness.

Lama Marut (a.k.a. Brian K. Smith) is extensively trained in the spiritual traditions of India and Tibetan Buddhism. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Religion and taught for over two decades in the academic world, first at Columbia University and later at the University of California, where he retired as Professor Emeritus in 2004. He lived as a Buddhist monk for eight years and has served for the past fifteen years as a spiritual teacher to students around the world. Lama Marut is currently the Spiritual Director of eight “Middle Way Centers” located in North America, Australia, and Singapore.

In addition to several scholarly studies and translations based on Sanskrit materials, he is the author of the popular and award-winning book, A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life (Beyond Words, 2012). With his unique mixture of erudition and earthiness, intensity and humor, conviction and openness, Lama Marut’s message is easily accessible and life changing.

This podcast taken from a public talk given by Lama Sumati Marut at the Three Jewels Community in Singapore and explores Buddha Nature as described in Maitreya’s Uttara Tantra and how to use this wisdom to bring true happiness.

You can listen to the full teaching at:
http://legacy.mahasukha.org/medialib/index.php/av_media/AudioDisplay/?maxposts=20&teacher=2

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