tenets

Buddhist tenets are a system of ordering the philosophical positions of the four main schools of Buddhist philosophy–Vaibashika, Sautantrika, Cittamatra, and Madhyamika–and their subschools.

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Seven-point Mind Training

What ignorance is

Recognizing what ignorance is and why it is important to identify the object of negation…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Cultivating ultimate bodhicitta

The difference between definitive and interpretable teachings and the method for negating a gross misconception…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Dependent arising: Dependent designation

The concept of dependent arising can be examined by meditating on dependent designation, or the…

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Venerable Chodron meditating.
Buddhist Worldview

I, me, myself and mine

A deeper look at the third seal: all phenomena lack a self. The meaning of…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Benefits of cultivating bodhicitta

Combining the two techniques for cultivating bodhicitta and the benefits of cultivating bodhicitta.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Discussion: Mind-only school

A discussion session regarding uncompounded space, objects as reflections of mind, and cause and effect…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Generating bodhicitta

Equalizing and exchanging self and others and the seven-fold cause and effect relationship.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Emptiness and bodhicitta

The benefits of generating bodhicitta and how emptiness and bodhicitta can support one another.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Emptiness in everyday life

How ignorance, conceptualizations, afflictions and karma are linked and how to practice the understanding of…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Meditation on emptiness

The preciousness of study and meditation on emptiness and the gap between the objective reality…

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