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Middle Way Philosophy

Jonang

Jonang: the philosophical school that believes Buddha nature exists right now in ordinary beings, nothing…

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Middle Way Philosophy

Practical applications of studying philosophies

A question-and-answer session with the retreatants about the teachings on Tibetan Madhyamaka.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Gelug

The life of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa lineage, and how he came…

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Middle Way Philosophy

Varieties of Madhyamaka

How Madhyamaka addresses the reality that we suffer needlessly because of a mistaken world view.…

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Wisdom

The emptiness of beings

Understanding emptiness gives us relief from the pain of grasping.

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Buddhist Tenet Systems

The two truths: Conclusion

The debate between Tsongkhapa and Bhavaviveka and Tsongkhapa's interpretation of Chandrakirti.

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Buddhist Tenet Systems

The two truths: The Svatantrika view

A theatrical portrayal of Bhavaviveka elucidates the views of the Svatantrika Madhyamaka, or Middle Way…

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Guy Newland teaching.
Buddhist Tenet Systems

The two truths in the Cittamatra system

Exploring the view that there's no external world, as taught in the Cittamatra system (one…

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Guy Newland teaching.
Buddhist Tenet Systems

The two truths in the four schools

The similarities and differences within the four lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and how they came…

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Buddhist Tenet Systems

The two truths: The Sautrantika view

An in-depth look at the Sautrantika system (one of the four tenets).

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Buddhist Tenet Systems

The two truths and dependent arising

Buddha nature in the sutras, the compatibility of dependent arising and emptiness, and the Sautrantika…

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