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Venerable Thubten Chodron Karma that ripens at death
Continuing Chapter 11, explaining many factors that affect the result of karma and different perspectives…
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Keeping the promise of bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 11-16 on the importance of making ourselves into trustworthy people: in general and…
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Politics, Power, and Peace
How to interact with others in a contentious election season with kindness and compassion.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe The truth of cessation
Completion of the commentary on the truth of origination followed by commentary on the truth…
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The truth of origination of suffering
The completion of the commentary to the truth of suffering followed by the commentary to…
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Refuting the elements as the cause of afflictions
Refuting views that assert the elements of the body are the substantial cause of the…
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Refuting that body is the special basis of mind
Through logical reasoning it is shown that the physical body cannot be the substantial cause…
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Disadvantages of discarding bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 2-10 of Chapter 4, which cover the disadvantages of discarding bodhicitta
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Refuting incorrect views on the causes of suffering ...
The logical refutations of incorrect ideas of how the mental afflictions and suffering arise and…
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The sixteen aspects of the four truths
How the sixteen aspects of the four truths contradict the sixteen distorted ideas.
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The sixteen distorted ideas
Explanation of the section of the Pramanavarttika on identifying the sixteen distorted ideas about the…
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Reverse system proving the Buddha as authority, part 2
Explanation of the reverse system establishing the Buddha as an authority from the Pramanvarttika. Also…
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