Wisdom
Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.
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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas
Commentaries on a 3rd century philosophical text on how to meditate on the nature of reality.
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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate
Introductory talks and extensive teachings on debate in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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Buddhist Tenet Systems
Teachings on views of the nature of reality according to different Buddhist philosophical schools.
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Heart Sutra
Commentaries on the "Heart Sutra," which contains the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras.
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How to See Yourself As You Really Are
Extensive teachings on "How to See Yourself As You Really Are" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Middle Way Philosophy
Teachings by Tibetan monastics and Western academics on central ideas in Buddhist philosophy.
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Mind and Awareness
Teachings on different types of cognizers and mental states conducive for attaining awakening.
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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland
Commentaries on Precious Garland of Advice for a King by Nagarjuna.
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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches Dharmakirti’s commentary on Dignaga’s Compendium on Valid Cognition.
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Rice Seedling Sutra with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches from his book "The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising."
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Searching for the Self
Volume 7 of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion explores emptiness and leads us to delve deeply into the topic of the ultimate nature of reality, presenting it from a variety of approaches.
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Insight into Emptiness
Khensur Jampa Tegchok, former abbot of Sera Jey Monastery, unpacks Buddhism’s animating philosophy—the emptiness of all appearances.
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Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness
Let a great Tibetan scholar, Khensur Jampa Tegchok, guide you through one of Nagarjuna’s masterworks. Timely advice on everyday life, ethics, public policy, and the true nature of our existence. Edited by Venerable Thubten Chodron.
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In Praise of Dependent Arising (2025)
Teachings from Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II on "In Praise of Dependent Arising" by Lama Tsongkhapa, with oral interpretation into English by Simon Houlton and Q&As with Dr. Alex Berzin.
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Mahamudra with Dr. Roger Jackson (2016)
Dr. Roger Jackson from Carleton College gives a weekend course on Mahamudra at Sravasti Abbey in 2016.
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Two Truths with Guy Newland (2010)
Dr. Guy Newland teaches how different Tibetan Buddhist schools of philosophy explain conventional and ultimate truths in order to understand the nature of reality.
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Vimalakirti Sutra (Singapore 2016-17)
Four talks on the Vimalakirti Sutra given at Vimalakirti Buddhist Centre in Singapore from 2016-17.
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Wisdom of Emptiness with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)
Teachings to cut the delusion that is at the root of all suffering, the primordial misconception that there is an intrinsic self, hosted online by Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Wisdom of Ultimate Truth with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)
An online course hosted by Root Institute in Bodh Gaya, India beginning with the four truths for aryas through to the highest form of wisdom of ultimate truth.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The Buddhist view of self
Exploring how wisdom challenges our mistaken understanding of the self.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe What cherishing the dharma is dependent upon
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the qualities of those who truly cherish the Dharma.
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What bodhisattva aspirations are made of
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the dedication verses.
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The boundless qualities on the buddha ground
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the bodhisattva grounds 7-10 and the ten powers of a Buddha.
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The value of sangha & of refuge
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the bodhisattva grounds 4-7.
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The first joyful and stainless grounds of a bodhisat...
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the qualities on the first, second, and third bodhisattva grounds.
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Take joy in practicing the causes of real happiness
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe comments on the six perfections in detail.
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Faults to abandon
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe finishes the explanation of the 57 faults to abandon.
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Abandoning wrong livelihood
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues to explain the 57 faults to abandon, including the five wrong…
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Behaviors and attitudes that are not the dharma
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the fifty-seven faults of behavior to be abandoned.
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How the buddha taught the dharma
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the different ways in which the Buddha taught the Dharma.
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Bodhisattvas are born from the universal vehicle
A teaching on how the universal vehicle scriptures should be accepted as the buddha’s word.
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