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Three types of compassion
Continued commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to great compassion, explaining three ways to observe sentient beings…
View PostChapter 4: Verses 370-381
Through undergoing small inconveniences and putting in the effort to practice the bodhisattva path great…
View PostBeing Tashi, facing the death of a child
A student searches for peace after the death of her child.
View PostPracticing the Dharma purely
Practical advice on practicing the Dharma well and avoiding spiritual materialism.
View PostTypes of dependent origination
The three types of dependent origination and how they relate to emptiness.
View PostThe ineffability of emptiness
Exploring paradoxical statements about emptiness in their specific context in Buddhist philosophy.
View PostThe right view of emptiness
Clarifying potential pitfalls in our understanding of emptiness.
View PostDiscussion: Emptiness, ethical conduct, and mindfulness
Geshe Dadul Namgyal responds to questions on self- and other-emptiness, and on uncompounded phenomena.
View PostThe Madhyamaka view: A review
Geshe Dadul Namgyal returns to teach on the Middle Way view of Buddhist philosophy, beginning…
View PostThe whole and its parts
Using the reasoning of dependence on parts to show how things cannot be inherently existent.
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