Teachings

Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The mind’s potential in the Pali tradition

Starting Chapter 13, "Buddha Nature", covering the potential of the mind from the section, "The…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The purity of emptiness

Explaining the emptiness of afflictive mind and the emptiness of purified mind, reviewing the section,…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Yogis and common people

The different understandings of the two truths possessed by those who have direct perception of…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Cultivating excellent qualities

Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The potential for liberation

Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery

Question and answer with Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle,…

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Mind and Mental Factors

Mapping the Buddhist path onto combating the afflict...

Quotes from scriptures on the afflictions and how the Buddhist path involves removing the afflictions.

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