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Self-confidence
Commentary on verses 47-58. The role of self-confidence in progressing on the path and the…
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Sautrāntika tenet school: Part 2
Explanation of the Sautrāntika tenet school assertions on consciousness, perception and conception, and types of…
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Nagarjuna’s analysis of arising
Completing teaching from Chapter 8, explaining Nagarjuna's four-point analysis of arising.
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Steadfastness
Commentary on verses 46-49. How aspiration and steadfastness support and increase each other. Also the…
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Sautrāntika tenet school: Part 1
Introduction to the Sautrāntika school and the mode of asserting objects including conventional and ultimate…
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Ultimate nature of the twelve links
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 8, covering the section "The Ultimate Nature of the Twelve…
View PostContemplating karma and its effects
Contemplating karmic cause and effect to strengthen the aspiration for virtue.
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Vaibhāṣika tenet school: Part 3
Explanation of the five paths according to the Vaibhāṣika school and assertions on the objects…
View PostLike illusions
Teaching from Chapter 8, explaining why phenomena are "like illusions" but are not actually illusions.
View PostThe four powers that increase joyous effort
Commentary to verses 30-38 of Chapter 7, including the four powers that increase the strength…
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Vaibhāṣika tenet school: Part 2
Continued explanation of Vaibhāṣika tenets including assertions on the two truths, selflessness, and types of…
View PostMeditation on loving-kindness
Guided meditation on developing loving-kindness for friends, strangers and enemies.
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