Mind and Awareness
Teachings on different types of cognizers and mental states conducive for attaining awakening.
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Mind and Mental Factors
A presentation of virtuous and nonvirtuous mental states according to Buddhist psychology.
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Know Your Mind with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)
An introduction to Buddhist psychology by Venerable Sangye Khadro. The course explores topics such as what the mind is, perception and conception, types of awareness, and the mental factors.
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Mind and Awareness (2012-13)
Teachings on "Presentation of Mind and Awareness" by Geshe Jampel Samphel.
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Seven Kinds of Awareness with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2019)
An overview of the seven kinds of awareness according to the Buddhist philosophy of mind taught as part of a course on Buddhist reasoning and debate in 2019.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Know your mind: The twenty auxiliary afflictions
An explanation of the 20 auxiliary mental afflictions, which are branches of the three root…
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Know your mind: Six root afflictions
Explanation of the meaning and antidotes to the remaining five root afflictions: anger, arrogance, ignorance,…
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Know your mind: A general explanation of afflictions
An overview of mental afflictions and explanation of the first of the six root afflictions,…
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Know your mind: Virtuous mental factors
Explanation of the virtuous mental factors of nonattachment, nonhatred, nonconfusion, joyous effort, pliancy, conscientiousness, equanimity,…
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Know your mind: Object-ascertaining and virtuous men...
Explanation of the five object-ascertaining mental factors and the first three virtuous mental factors —faith,…
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Know your mind: Omnipresent mental factors
The similarities shared by main minds and mental factors, and the five omnipresent mental factors…
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Know your mind: Introduction to minds and mental fac...
An overview of the definition of mind, sense and mental consciousnesses. Explanation of main minds…
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Know your mind: Seven types of mind and awareness
Explanation of the remaining five of the seven types of mind and the progression from…
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Know your mind: Direct perceivers and inferential co...
An explanation of the first two of the seven types of mind – direct perceivers…
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Know your mind: Perception and conception
The conditions that lead to a conceptual mind. The division of minds into perception and…
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Know your mind: What is the mind?
Why it’s important to understand the mind, the mind and happiness and suffering, the nature…
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The root affliction of anger
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues teaching on the first root affliction of attachment and moves onto…
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