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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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Dormant and manifest consciousnesses
Explaining dormant and manifest aspects of rigpa and subtlest clear light mind, completing the section…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Who can receive teachings on emptiness?
How to help yourself become prepared to understand the teachings on emptiness.
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Unborn clear light mind
Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…
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Primordially pure awareness
Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…
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The importance of realizing emptiness
Why emptiness is the antidote to ignorance and the path to peace.
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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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