Teachings

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

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Essential Spiritual Advice

How to listen to the Dharma

What the right attitudes are when listening to the Dharma and questions that will set…

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Mind and Awareness

Doubt

Teachings on the consciousness of the mind that triggers doubt.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Is what we think true?

Debating with our crazy minds and an explanation of the use of syllogisms.

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Mind and Awareness

Inattentive perceivers

Teachings on the type of consciousness that is not ascertaining the objects that appear, and…

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Correct assumer

Teachings on the type of consciousness that concludes without a direct experience or infererence.

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Examining conceptual mind and needs

Working with our mind to distinguish the conceptual thoughts versus the real feelings or needs…

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Subsequent cognizers

Summary of types of consciousness after the first moment and how these arise.

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Inferential cognizers and obscured phenomena

How to apply syllogisms to examine the day-to-day assumptions our conceptual mind makes.

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Facsimile direct perceiver and inferential cognizers

Summary of different types of conceptual consciousness and introduction to inferential cognizer.

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Yogic direct perceiver

Importance of study, logic, along with meditation, to see how things exist and how they…

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