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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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Early Buddhist schools

Covering the sections “The Buddha’s Life” and “Early Buddhist Schools” in Chapter 4.

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Vehicles and paths

Covering the section “Vehicles and Paths” in Chapter 4 on the different paths to awakening…

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Disagreement and conflict

Teaching on the six roots of dispute, and the principle of 'survival of the most…

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Qualities to abandon and cultivate

Teaching on various qualities of mind to abandon, and others to adopt, such as fear,…

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The reasoning behind rebirth

How we can use an understanding of the nature of mind and logical reasoning to…

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The four seals of Buddhism: The first seal

How understanding the first seal of Buddhism, that all conditioned phenomena are impermanent, is a…

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Review of the four truths

Venerable Thubten Chonyi gives a review of the four truths, focusing on the truth of…

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