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The seven jewels of the aryas: Learning in Tibetan M...
The study programs in the Tibetan monasteries, which is very different from learning programs in…
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Types of awareness
The seven types of awareness according to the Sautantrika tenet school, and the four types…
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The two truths and non-deceptive knowledge
The two truths, ultimate and veiled truths, and the four types of reliable cognizers according…
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Chapter 13: Verses 320-324
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on verses refuting the true existence of the perceiving consciousness.
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Loving kindness and compassion in daily life
The meaning of loving kindness and compassion, and how we can practice them in daily…
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Gomchen Lamrim review: Homage to compassion
Venerable Thubten Jampa reviews Chandrakirti's "Homage to Great Compassion."
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Chapter 7: Refuting the inherently existent self
The reasonings that make it impossible for an inherently existent self that we grasp at…
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Three types of compassion
Continued commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to great compassion, explaining three ways to observe sentient beings…
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How the afflictions arise
The antidotes to the six root afflictions, the sequence in which they arise, and the…
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Refuting inherent existence
Analyzing whether the person is one with the aggregates, and how we have difficulty seeing…
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Emptiness and compassion
Analyzing whether the person is one or different from the aggregates.
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