Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Dr. Guy Newland 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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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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Overview of the stages of the path
The conclusion of the teaching series with a broad overview of all the stages of…
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Preparing for death
Reflecting on the deaths happening around us constantly is a warning for us to practice…
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Chapter 1: Verses 33-36
How self-grasping arises in dependence upon the aggregates and the order that selflessness of persons…
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The purpose of remembering death
Clarifying that the purpose of keeping our death in mind is not to cause fear,…
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