Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
Teachings on the four seals, reliable cognition, relating to a spiritual mentor, dying and rebirth, and karma.
All Posts in Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
Venerable Thubten Chodron Virtuous and variable mental factors & the affli...
Finishing teaching the virtuous mental factors, and then covering the root afflictions, auxiliary afflictions, and…
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Object ascertaining and virtuous mental factors
The 51 mental factors, covering the five object-ascertaining and 11 virtuous mental factors.
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The body and mind
The various aspects that compose the body and mind: the twelve sources and eighteen constituents,…
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Classification of phenomena
A discussion about meditation and syllogisms, and begins Chapter 3 outlining the Buddhist classification of…
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Reliable cognizers and meditation
The relationship between our thinking patterns and types of cognizers, and how inferential reliable cognizers…
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Correct reasons and reliable cognizers
Three kinds of doubt, the Prasangika view of reliable cognizers, and how to know when…
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The threefold analysis
Reliable cognizers based on authoritative testimony, and how to undertake the threefold analysis to determine…
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Reliable cognizers based on example and authoritativ...
The relationship between wrong consciousnesses and our emotional life, and reliable cognizers based on example…
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Reliable cognizers and syllogisms
The types of awarenesses, direct and inferential reliable cognizers, and how to understand syllogisms.
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Types of awareness
The seven types of awareness according to the Sautantrika tenet school, and the four types…
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The two truths and non-deceptive knowledge
The two truths, ultimate and veiled truths, and the four types of reliable cognizers according…
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Nirvana is true peace
The fourth seal, that nirvana is true peace, and the importance of the sequence of…
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