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Venerable Thubten Chodron The person and the aggregates
If the person cannot be found in the aggregates, does it exist separate from the…
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What is a person?
A continuation of the commentary on Nagarjuna's verses, examining whether the person is the constituents…
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Chapter 14: Verses 348-350
Seeing that emptiness is the meaning of dependent arising and dependent arising is the meaning…
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The great aspirations of bodhisattvas
An explanation of why bodhisattvas make amazing aspirational prayers that are impossible to fulfill.
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The taking-and-giving meditation
Commentary on verses from Nagarjuna's Precious Garland of Advice for a King that are the…
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To be enjoyed and loved by sentient beings
Commentary on verses from Nagarjuna's Precious Garland of Advice for a King that were recommended…
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Chapter 14: Verse 344
Refuting the inherent existence of phenomena by seeing they cannot be inherently one or many.
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Our spiritual goals
How our spiritual goals can be divided into the aspirations to attain high status and…
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Chapter 14: Verses 335-343
Examining the relationship between an object and its attributes, and the whole and its parts,…
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Analyzing the terrorist
Applying ultimate analysis to challenge our assumptions about what makes a person a terrorist.
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Chapter 14: Verses 326-334
Reflecting on the relationship between an object and its attributes to refute true existence.
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