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Understanding emptiness: Part 2

Questions and answers on emptiness: Part 2 of 3

Question-and-answer session following teachings given by Khensur Jampa Tegchok on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland.

  • Emptiness of space
  • Permanence of nirvana
  • Loosening labels to help realize emptiness
  • What is meant by the term “valid cognizer”
  • The feeling aggregate and determining where our mind is
  • The different types of ignorance
  • Nirvana without remainder
  • The difference between the Buddha’s enlightenment and an arhat’s nirvana
  • The mind in the cycle of rebirth

Precious Garland: Emptiness 02 (download)

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.