Wisdom
Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.
All Posts in Wisdom
Venerable Thubten Chodron Debate in action
Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.
View Post
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Reverse system proving the Buddha as authority
Verse 146 of the Pramanavarttika, forward and reverse systems establishing the Buddha as an authority.
View Post
The Buddha as savior
Verses 145 and 146 of the Pramanavarttika, including compassion as the proof of Buddha as…
View Post
The Buddha as Sugata
Verses 139-145 of the Pramanavarttika, including the three special qualities of a Buddha’s abandonment of…
View Post
The Buddha as teacher
Verses 134-139 of the Pramanavarttika, including the Buddha's complete clarity about the flaws and good…
View Post
Forward system proving the Buddha as authority
Verses 131-133 of the Pramanavarttika, including the importance of consistency and intention for developing compassion.
View Post
Buddha’s infinite accustomation to compassion
Verses 119-131 of the Pramanavarttika, including how qualities like love and compassion can increase infinitely.
View Post
A summary of previous explanations
Verses 107-113 of the Pramanavarttika, including refuting the idea that the mind arises from the…
View Post
Identifying the cause of a future life’s body
Verses 114-118 of the Pramanavarttika, including five sense faculties as the cause of the next…
View Post
Atoms and breaths
Verses 97-106 of the Pramanavarttika, including refuting the idea that atoms are the cause of…
View Post
Parts and wholes
Verses 89-96 of the Pramanavarttika, including refuting the idea that there is a partless whole.
View Post
Identifying the causes of samsara
Verses 80-88 of the Pramanavarttika, identifying the causes of samsara.
View Post