Mind and Awareness
Teachings on different types of cognizers and mental states conducive for attaining awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Examining conceptual mind and needs
Working with our mind to distinguish the conceptual thoughts versus the real feelings or needs…
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Subsequent cognizers
Summary of types of consciousness after the first moment and how these arise.
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Inferential cognizers and obscured phenomena
How to apply syllogisms to examine the day-to-day assumptions our conceptual mind makes.
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Facsimile direct perceiver and inferential cognizers
Summary of different types of conceptual consciousness and introduction to inferential cognizer.
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Yogic direct perceiver
Importance of study, logic, along with meditation, to see how things exist and how they…
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Apperceptive direct perceiver
Description of that mind which is non-dual with the consciousness that sees the object.
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Analysis of sense perception versus thought
Importance of experiencing our sensations to understand what we truly feel but how we actually…
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Direct perceivers: sense and mental
Importance of noticing how we are directly feeling things versus interpreting our experiences.
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Introduction to direct perceivers
Summary of first type of cognizer that experiences things directly.
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Object possessors and seven types of cognizers
Classification of possessors of objects and types of mind comprehending objects. How this is important…
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Identifying types of objects based on cognition
An exercise to identify different types of objects, with many examples.
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Classification of objects
How our minds observe with or without interpretation and the classification of objects based on…
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