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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…
View PostThe sixteen aspects of the four truths
How the sixteen aspects of the four truths contradict the sixteen distorted ideas.
View PostThe sixteen distorted ideas
Explanation of the section of the Pramanavarttika on identifying the sixteen distorted ideas about the…
View PostReverse system proving the Buddha as authority, part 2
Explanation of the reverse system establishing the Buddha as an authority from the Pramanvarttika. Also…
View PostThe results of karma
Continuing the teaching on the results of karma and explaining the verses from Precious Garland.
View PostConscientiousness
Reviewing Chapter 3 on bodhicitta and beginning Chapter 4 on conscientiousness, covering Verse 1.
View PostSurvival of the most cooperative
Generating peace, love, and compassion in our own hearts can help us to heal divisions…
View PostTransforming violence with compassion
In an interview with Dharma Drum Mountain, Venerable Chodron shares how she worked with anger…
View PostThe 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 10-16
Commentary on verses that cover the two methods of developing bodhicitta and how to transform…
View PostThree kinds of karmic result
Beginning Chapter 11 "Results of Karma" and explaining the three results of karma.
View PostBodhicitta makes life meaningful
Teaching on Verses 23-34 in Chapter 3 and discussing the amazing ability of bodhicitta to…
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