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 The four great qualities of the lamrim
A brief Introduction to the text, and author. The four points showing the greatness of…
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Chapter 1: Verses 36-38
Looking at the causes of rebirth in samsara, its unsatisfactory nature, and the causes for…
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Letting go of worldly concerns
The difficulty of overcoming attachment to our reputation, and how it is a great hindrance…
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Dr. Guy Newland Western perspectives on Tsongkhapa
Returning to Chapa chos kyi seng ge's refutation of Chandrakirti, which foreshadows Tsongkhapa.
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Conventional and ultimate nature
How Tsongkhapa refutes the Svatantrika view of conventional existence, while retaining the possibility of understanding…
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The Svatantrika view
Reviewing arguments that the ultimate nature cannot be known by the mind.
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Understanding through reasoned logic
The ultimate nature being unknowable by the mind, versus arguments that it is possible to…
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The Prasangika view
Tsongkhapa’s interpretation of the Prasangika view, and what it means to say that objects are…
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Emptiness and compassion
The importance of understanding emptiness correctly and how it relates to cultivating compassion.
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Giving up grasping
Practicing now so that giving up our body, wealth, and friends at the time of…
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What matters at the time of death
Cutting the cord of attachment and aversion so that we can be free from petty…
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