The Foundation of Buddhist Practice (2018-20)
Teachings on the second volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on Buddhist theories of perception and the foundation stages of the Buddhist path.
How to listen to the Dharma
Venerable Thubten Chodron The value and method of learning the Dharma, and how to listen well.
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Living with an awareness of impermanence and death
Three of the four "seals," the marks of how to determine a scripture or text is Buddhist by view.
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Nirvana is true peace
The fourth seal, that nirvana is true peace, and the importance of the sequence of the four seals, and how they relate to the four…
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The two truths and non-deceptive knowledge
The two truths, ultimate and veiled truths, and the four types of reliable cognizers according to Chandrakirti.
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Types of awareness
The seven types of awareness according to the Sautantrika tenet school, and the four types of reliable cognizers according to the Prasangika tenet school.
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Reliable cognizers and syllogisms
The types of awarenesses, direct and inferential reliable cognizers, and how to understand syllogisms.
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Reliable cognizers based on example and authori...
The relationship between wrong consciousnesses and our emotional life, and reliable cognizers based on example and authority.
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The threefold analysis
Reliable cognizers based on authoritative testimony, and how to undertake the threefold analysis to determine whether a scripture is valid or not.
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Correct reasons and reliable cognizers
Three kinds of doubt, the Prasangika view of reliable cognizers, and how to know when we have a correct reason and reliable cognizer.
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Reliable cognizers and meditation
The relationship between our thinking patterns and types of cognizers, and how inferential reliable cognizers relate to meditation.
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Classification of phenomena
A discussion about meditation and syllogisms, and begins Chapter 3 outlining the Buddhist classification of phenomena.
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The body and mind
The various aspects that compose the body and mind: the twelve sources and eighteen constituents, and the five omnipresent mental factors.
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