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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Seven kinds of awareness

Venerable Sangye Khadro covering the division of prime and non-prime cognizers, and direct perceivers.

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Venerable Chodron gives a talk at Pu Yi Nunnery.
Amitabha

Cultivating Amitabha’s attitude

Bringing the mind in line with Amitabha's way of thinking means cultivating an attitude that…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Review of the possibility of ending duhkha

Venerable Thubten Jampa leads a review of the section "The Possibility of Ending Duhkha" on…

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Books

“Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature”

Nirvana is not a place but a state of mind attained by internal transformation. The…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

What is the mind?

Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the definition of awareness and the divisions of awareness into sense…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Definitions

Continuing the section on Definitions in Chapter 20 "Definitions, Divisions, and Illustrations."

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Authenticity of the mahayana scriptures

Covering the section in Chapter 5 on discussions surrounding the authenticity of the Mahayana scriptures.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

The three purposes of debate

Teaching on the three purposes of debate, and beginning Chapter 20 on definitions, divisions and…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Manjushri, the special deity of debate

Teaching on Chapter 18, 'Manjushri, the special deity of debate', and beginning of teaching on…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

The three baskets

Finishing Chapter 4 by describing the differences in content of the three baskets, or tripitaka,…

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