Geshe Dorji Damdul
Geshe Dorji Damdul is a distinguished Buddhist scholar whose interest lies in the relation between Buddhism and science, especially in physics. Geshe-la participated in several conferences on Buddhism and science, Mind and Life Institute meetings, and dialogues between His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and Western scientists. He has been official translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 2005 and is currently director of Tibet House, the Cultural Centre of H.H. the Dalai Lama, based in New Delhi, India. Geshe-la gives regular lectures at Tibet House and many universities and institutes. He travels widely within India and abroad to teach Buddhist philosophy, psychology, logic and practice.
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Geshe Dorji Damdul 
Vaibashika, Sautrantika, and Mind-only
Beliefs within the Vaibashika, Sautrantika, and Mind-only schools.
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Sautrantika views
Objects of observation, possibility of omniscience, subtle mind and energy, and how ethical conduct is…
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Goals and obscurations
Selflessness in the Sautrantika school, meditating on topics other than emptiness, two ultimate goals, and…
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The four seals
Geshe Dorji Damdul skillfully explains how ignorance leads to suffering and how to be rid…
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Reality and appearances
How all functioning things have parts, same and different entities, the gap between reality and…
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Benefits of studying emptiness
How to actually practice wisdom and meditate on emptiness according to Prasangika Madhyamaka.
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Persons, perceptions, and mental factors
The definition of "person" according to different tenet systems, and a discussion of perception, divisions…
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Single and different
The Sautrantika school's view of the nature of reality and the value of learning the…
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Emptiness and impermanence
A discussion about hidden and evident phenomena, emptiness and impermanence, and terms used in emptiness…
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Sutra school: Phenomena and cognition
Manifest and hidden phenomena, prime and subsequent cognition, and the three times according to the…
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