Rice Seedling Sutra with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches from his book "The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising."
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The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe is available from Wisdom Publications here.
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The importance of understanding dependent arising
Teaching on the importance of dependent origination and its relationship to emptiness.
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Wrong views of emptiness
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe outlines and refutes various misinterpretations of the Buddha’s teaching on emptiness.
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How to seek reality by means of dependent arising
The Buddha’s motivation for teaching dependent origination, the two kinds of ignorance, and the instinctual…
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We create the causes for joy and sorrow
Teaching on how we are responsible for creating the causes for joy and sorrow by…
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Five characteristics of dependent arising
Teaching on the five characteristics of dependently arisen composite phenomena.
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All phenomena are dependently arisen
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe clarifies the Prasangika perspective on causal dependency and explains the section, "The…
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Dependent arising of composite phenomena
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe begins the section, "Dependent Arising of Composite Phenomena," and explains how effects…
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Another way of establishing dependence
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains mutual dependence, showing how just as an effect depends on its…
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Dependent arising refutes the object of negation
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the difference in subtlety between the object of negation for the…
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How to seek the view
Teaching on the sections, "How to Seek the View," and "The Contradiction in One Thing…
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Liberation & the eightfold noble path
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the meaning of the eightfold noble path.
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The eightfold path
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the statement, "Whoever sees dependent arising sees the Dharma. Whoever sees…
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