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Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.

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Venerable Thubten Chodron, Lama Zopa with retreatants standing and talking.
Wisdom

Lama Zopa on emptiness

An interview with Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Prasangika Madhyamaka view of emptiness and its…

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Venerable Damcho, sitting outside, working on a laptop and smiling.
Mind and Mental Factors

Three beneficial mental factors

Good ethical discipline is the basis of (1) respect for ourselves and (2) consideration for…

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The word: Wisdom written on the road
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How to develop wisdom

Learning about karma and practicing meditation deepens our understanding of the nature of reality.

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Ice sculpture of a man in thinking position.
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Applying emptiness to our lives

Investigating the self we think exists and finding it empty of inherent existence opens up…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Making flawless syllogisms

Debate teaches us how to make flawless syllogisms that help to reveal our mistaken ways…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

The comparison of phenomena

Debate teaches us how to compare different phenomena so that we can understand how things…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Conceptual and nonconceptual minds

Debate helps us to see the bare facts of the situation and distinguish them from…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Meet people where they are

Encouraging those who learn debate to speak in ways that meet others where they are…

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.
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Path of no more learning

Perceiving emptiness and conventional truth simultaneously. A discussion of the final verses of the Heart…

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.
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Path of seeing and meditation

We see attachment as something solid but actually we are only experiencing moments of attachment…

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.
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A solid concrete “I” does not exist

An examination of how phenomena are mere appearances, empty of inherent existence.

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.
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Path of accumulation and preparation

What is emptiness? Examining what emptiness means and what is meant when we grasp at…

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