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Group photo from teachings at Phendeling Center.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The results of the collections of wisdom and merit

The collection of merit is the principal cause of the Buddha's form body, the collection…

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Group photo from teachings at Phendeling Center.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Boundless wisdom and compassion

Compassion is essential for all, not just spiritual practitioners. The two kinds of wisdom—wisdom of…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

The equivalents of existents

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal teaches on the seven equivalents of the term existent, and engages the…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The nature of pleasure and pain

The third of three talks based on the book “Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness.” Commentary…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Leading with a compassionate motivation

The second of three talks based on the book "Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness." Commentary…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Spiritual advice on practical matters

The first of three talks based on the book "Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness." Commentary…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Wisdom in difficult times

How Nagarjuna's advice to a leader is still relevant for leaders in modern times including,…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Review: Chapters 7-8

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a review of Chapters 7 and 8, and begins going through…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

The benefits of the study of Dudra

An introduction to Dudra, a branch of Buddhist philosophy.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Divisions of the selfless

Teaching on the divisions of the selfless, after a lively discussion about syllogisms created by…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Divisions of the selfless

The division of all phenomena according to the Sautrantika tenet school.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Outline of the selfless

Continuing Chapter 9 “Basic Buddhist Ontology” and reviewing the outline of the selfless, which includes…

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