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Dormant and manifest consciousnesses
Explaining dormant and manifest aspects of rigpa and subtlest clear light mind, completing the section…
View PostThe danger of attachment to the body
How attachment to the body can lead to harmful and unethical actions
View PostWho can receive teachings on emptiness?
How to help yourself become prepared to understand the teachings on emptiness.
View PostUnborn clear light mind
Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…
View PostEnacting others’ welfare
Commentary on Shantideva's verses that explain how to exchange self and others.
View PostPrimordially pure awareness
Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…
View PostThe importance of realizing emptiness
Why emptiness is the antidote to ignorance and the path to peace.
View PostAfflictions and the nature of the mind
Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…
View PostThree levels of wisdom: Hearing, thinking, and medit...
The three wisdoms establish a foundation, refine understanding, and make the Dharma part of us.
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