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Ten powers and eighteen unshared qualities
Concluding the ten powers of buddhas (9 - 10), and covering the first twelve of…
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Covetousness and malice
The four aspects of harsh speech, idle talk, covetousness, and malice.
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Buddha nature
Explaining the two types of Buddha nature to help us understand our potential.
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Ten powers
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
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Generating the awakening mind
The importance of generating the awakening mind and how one cultivates this precious jewel.
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The nature of all phenomena is emptiness
How phenomena actually exist and the importance of understanding emptiness.
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Refuting a permanent self
A refutation of partless atoms, permanent objects, and other wrong views.
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Refuting the Cittamatra view
Explaining how all phenomena, including mind, are dependent on other factors.
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Attachment controls us
An introduction to and overview of "A Commentary on the Awakening Mind."
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Creating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
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Four kinds of self-confidence, ten powers
Explaining the four kinds of self-confidence and the first three of the ten powers, teaching…
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