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 Making flawless syllogisms
Debate teaches us how to make flawless syllogisms that help to reveal our mistaken ways…
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The comparison of phenomena
Debate teaches us how to compare different phenomena so that we can understand how things…
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Conceptual and nonconceptual minds
Debate helps us to see the bare facts of the situation and distinguish them from…
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Meet people where they are
Encouraging those who learn debate to speak in ways that meet others where they are…
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Path of no more learning
Perceiving emptiness and conventional truth simultaneously. A discussion of the final verses of the Heart…
View Post Path of seeing and meditation
We see attachment as something solid but actually we are only experiencing moments of attachment…
View Post A solid concrete “I” does not exist
An examination of how phenomena are mere appearances, empty of inherent existence.
View Post Path of accumulation and preparation
What is emptiness? Examining what emptiness means and what is meant when we grasp at…
View Post Profound perfection of wisdom
A commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, covering the sequence of insights generated on…
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Auxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vows 18-21
The auxiliary vows to overcome obstacles to the far-reaching attitude of patience and joyous effort.
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Julie Rae - Jun 18, 1997
Julie Rae Working for sentient beings
The many ways in which spiritual teachers work for the benefit of all sentient beings.
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Lack of faith, forgetfulness, non-introspective aler...
How to be aware of mental factors that affect our practice and how to develop…
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