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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The power of afflictions and purification

Explaining the subtle levels of mind according to sutra and tantra, completing the section, "The…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Conventional and ultimate analysis

Explaining how things are not findable under conventional and ultimate analysis, continuing the section "Equality…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

One taste

Continuing the explanation of "one taste" of samsara and nirvana, emphasizing the importance of establishing…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Equality of samsara and nirvana

Describing the meaning of "one taste in emptiness", beginning the section, "The Equality of Samsara…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Dormant and manifest consciousnesses

Explaining dormant and manifest aspects of rigpa and subtlest clear light mind, completing the section…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Unborn clear light mind

Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Primordially pure awareness

Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Rigpa

Explaining rigpa, continuing the teaching from the section "Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Afflictions and the nature of the mind

Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Excellent qualities can be enhanced

Explaining how it is possible to cultivate the mind’s excellent qualities limitlessly in the section…

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