Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Attaining serenity
Teaching on flawed methods of meditating, the five faults, the six powers, the four types…
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Epistemological requirements
Finishing the section on counterpervasion in Chapter 6 and moves onto Components of a Syllogism…
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Concentration, wisdom, and spiritual teachers
Explaining the last three verses of wisdom from the Kadam masters, which focus on concentration,…
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Serenity and insight
Review of meditative stability and developing serenity (samatha) and insight (vipashyana).
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From serenity to the jhanas
Explaining how to progress from serenity to the jhanas, and describing the first four of…
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Forming a correct syllogism
Teaching from Chapter Six on syllogisms, leading an interactive discussion on how to formulate correct…
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Nine stages of sustained attention
Teaching on Maitreya's nine stages of sustained attention, including the six powers and four types…
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Forward pervasion
Covering the section on property of the subject in Chapter 6 and beginning to teach…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Six conditions for serenity
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review of meditative stabilization, focusing on the the six conditions…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Syllogisms review
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews Chapter 6 “The Buddhist Syllogism,” focusing on the three criteria of…
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The Buddhist syllogism
Beginning Chapter 6 “The Buddhist Syllogism” and covering the sections on argument form, elements of…
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The five faults and eight antidotes
Teaching on the five faults to meditative stabilization and the eight antidotes to cultivate to…
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