Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Review: Bodhicitta and the afflictions
A review of the end of the section on cultivating conventional bodhicitta and the meaning…
View PostEight Verses of Thought Transformation
The inspiring verses for how to change our habitual ways of thinking by Geshe Langri…
View PostEmptiness of phenomena
How phenomena are designated by thought. Anger is presented as an example to show that…
View PostCleansing the mind of ignorance
How wisdom can overpower ignorance and eliminate it, but it cannot get rid of our…
View PostConventional and clear light mind
A teaching on the reasons why the afflictions can be eliminated, that the mind is…
View PostParent-child relationships
How expectations and misconceptions can lead to difficulties in parent-child relationships.
View PostUltimate and conventional existence
How the mind grasps at a truly existing "I," and how ultimate analysis or probing…
View PostObstructions to the clear and knowing mind
How and why liberation is possible by seeing that the basic nature of the mind…
View PostSix root afflictions: Wrong views
An explanation of the six kinds of wrong views outlined by the Buddha.
View PostSix root afflictions: Wrong views, part 2
Part 2 of wrong views with an emphasis on the three kinds of nihilistic views
View PostSelflessness, karma, and rebirth
A discussion about the different philosophical tenet systems, whether they all aim for buddhahood, how…
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