Briefly covering tantra and beginning a section on the content of the three extant Buddhist canons.
Tantra and Buddhist canons
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These are the latest articles with audio. Some of them might be part of a longer series — to find out, browse the individual articles.
Challengers and defenders
Beginning to teach Chapter 16, ‘Challengers and Defenders’, which focuses on the two key roles in a structured debate in the Indian and Tibetan system.
Chinese New Year Tsog motivation
A brief motivation given before a ceremony on Chinese New Year’s day in honor of the Abbey’s friends in Singapore.
The growth of the Mahayana
Teaching on how the Mahayana sutras first appeared, gained popularity and became the focus of a body of practitioners who called themselves ‘Mahayanists.’
Choosing your debate partner
Covering Chapter 15 on the topic of “Choosing Your Debate Partner” and becoming a suitable debate partner ourselves.
Early Buddhism in Sri Lanka
Covering the section “Early Buddhism in Sri Lanka” in Chapter 4.
Agent, action, and object
Finishing Chapter 13 “Valid Cognition” and covering Chapter 14 “The Three Spheres of Agent, Object, and Action.”
Early Buddhist schools
Covering the sections “The Buddha’s Life” and “Early Buddhist Schools” in Chapter 4.
Comparisons of consciousnesses
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads the class through the first few comparisons of different kinds of consciousnesses in Exercise 12.1 on page 245.
Vehicles and paths
Covering the section “Vehicles and Paths” in Chapter 4 on the different paths to awakening followed in the Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist traditions.