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 Arya disposition and Buddha nature
Describing the arya dispositions according to different tenet systems, from the sections "Ārya Disposition according…
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The mind’s potential in the Pali tradition
Starting Chapter 13, "Buddha Nature", covering the potential of the mind from the section, "The…
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The purity of emptiness
Explaining the emptiness of afflictive mind and the emptiness of purified mind, reviewing the section,…
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Cultivating excellent qualities
Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent…
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The potential for liberation
Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's…
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Using the subtlest clear light mind on the path
Explaining how tantra manifests the subtlest mind-wind and uses it to accumulate merit and wisdom…
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Levels of mind
Explaining what it means to say that the innate clear light is the mind is…
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The power of afflictions and purification
Explaining the subtle levels of mind according to sutra and tantra, completing the section, "The…
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Conventional and ultimate analysis
Explaining how things are not findable under conventional and ultimate analysis, continuing the section "Equality…
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Equality of samsara and nirvana
Describing the meaning of "one taste in emptiness", beginning the section, "The Equality of Samsara…
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The object of negation
Correctly identifying the object of negation is essential for the meditation on emptiness to be…
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