Audio recording of “The Essence of Buddhism as Related to the Four Noble Truths” by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche

“This brief commentary on the Four Noble Truths was written for some of my aspiring disciples on the 22nd of April, 2019 during a two-day teaching retreat on the Heart Sutra. The entire subject of the Heart Sutra is selflessness so I thought if I wrote a commentary on selflessness and it’s complementary supports, the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, the Four Noble Truths, etc, it would not be a teaching specific to Tibetan Buddhism alone but the very essence of Buddha’s teachings; so that it might fulfill a greater need for the general Buddhist community’s understanding. ” Khenpo Karten Rinpoche

This teaching was made into an audio file available on YouTube, published on July 18, 2026 to celebrate Chokhor Duchen, the high holy day commemorating Buddha’s first teaching on the Four Noble Truths, the first turning of the wheel of Dharma.