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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Karma in samsara and beyond

Completing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the last two transcendental factors and covering the types…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Review of feeling

Responding to questions comparing the transcendental factors and eleven virtuous mental factors and reviewing the…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Concentration, knowledge & vision and disenchan...

Continuing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the transcendental factors concentration, knowledge and vision, disenchantment and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Transcendental dependent origination

Continuing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the flow the transcendental dependent origination and covering faith,…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Review of true duhkha

Reviewing Chapter 2, covering the sections related to true duhkha covering realms of existence and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The “Ye Dharma Dharani”

Starting teaching from Chapter 10, explaining "dharani" to describe how they cover different aspects of…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Finding true happiness

Continuing teaching from Chapter 9, describing the way to investigate the source of true happiness…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Benefits of meditating on the the 12 links

Commencing the teaching from Chapter 9 and describing the benefits of meditating on the 12…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Nagarjuna’s analysis of arising

Completing teaching from Chapter 8, explaining Nagarjuna's four-point analysis of arising.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Steadfastness

Commentary on verses 46-49. How aspiration and steadfastness support and increase each other. Also the…

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