Library of Wisdom and Compassion
Teachings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s commentary on the stages of the path for a Western audience.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The importance of realizing emptiness
Why emptiness is the antidote to ignorance and the path to peace.
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) 
Afflictions and the nature of the mind
Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…
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Reflection on cultivating excellent qualities
Leading a discussion on points 1-3 in the reflection at the end of the section…
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Excellent qualities can be enhanced
Explaining how it is possible to cultivate the mind’s excellent qualities limitlessly in the section…
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Excellent qualities can be built up cumulatively
Explaining how the mind can be habituated to excellent qualities that can be built up…
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Excellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly
Describing the clear and cognizant nature of the mind as the stable basis for developing…
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Nature of the mind
Explaining how the nature of the mind is free from pollutants, such that good qualities…
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Understanding ignorance
Explaining how afflictions are rooted in ignorance and how we can eradicate ignorance, continuing the…
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Afflictions are the enemy
Explaining the reason how it is possible to cultivate powerful antidotes to the afflictions, continuing…
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Subtlest clear light mind
Describing the meaning of the subtlest clear light mind, and how this is the basis…
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Is liberation possible?
Exploring the question, "Is Liberation Possible?", continuing the review of Chapter 12, "The Mind and…
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