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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe The Buddha as Sugata
Verses 139-145 of the Pramanavarttika, including the three special qualities of a Buddha’s abandonment of…
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The Buddha as teacher
Verses 134-139 of the Pramanavarttika, including the Buddha's complete clarity about the flaws and good…
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Forward system proving the Buddha as authority
Verses 131-133 of the Pramanavarttika, including the importance of consistency and intention for developing compassion.
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Buddha’s infinite accustomation to compassion
Verses 119-131 of the Pramanavarttika, including how qualities like love and compassion can increase infinitely.
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A summary of previous explanations
Verses 107-113 of the Pramanavarttika, including refuting the idea that the mind arises from the…
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Identifying the cause of a future life’s body
Verses 114-118 of the Pramanavarttika, including five sense faculties as the cause of the next…
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Incarcerated people 
Atoms and breaths
Verses 97-106 of the Pramanavarttika, including refuting the idea that atoms are the cause of…
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Parts and wholes
Verses 89-96 of the Pramanavarttika, including refuting the idea that there is a partless whole.
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Identifying the causes of samsara
Verses 80-88 of the Pramanavarttika, identifying the causes of samsara.
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Body isn’t mind’s cooperative condition
Verses 69-79 of the Pramanavarttika,refuting the idea that body and mind are substantially identical.
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The definition of substantial cause
Verses 55-68 of the Pramanavarttika, arising, abiding, decaying, and ceasing.
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