Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
Teachings on duhkha, the determination to be free of samsara, and the mind as the basis for samsara and nirvana.
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Conventional and ultimate analysis
Explaining how things are not findable under conventional and ultimate analysis, continuing the section "Equality…
View PostEquality of samsara and nirvana
Describing the meaning of "one taste in emptiness", beginning the section, "The Equality of Samsara…
View PostDormant and manifest consciousnesses
Explaining dormant and manifest aspects of rigpa and subtlest clear light mind, completing the section…
View PostUnborn clear light mind
Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…
View PostPrimordially pure awareness
Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…
View PostAfflictions and the nature of the mind
Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…
View PostReflection on cultivating excellent qualities
Leading a discussion on points 1-3 in the reflection at the end of the section…
View PostExcellent qualities can be enhanced
Explaining how it is possible to cultivate the mind’s excellent qualities limitlessly in the section…
View PostExcellent qualities can be built up cumulatively
Explaining how the mind can be habituated to excellent qualities that can be built up…
View PostExcellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly
Describing the clear and cognizant nature of the mind as the stable basis for developing…
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