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.
All Posts in Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Karma in samsara and beyond
Completing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the last two transcendental factors and covering the types…
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Review of feeling
Responding to questions comparing the transcendental factors and eleven virtuous mental factors and reviewing the…
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Concentration, knowledge & vision and disenchan...
Continuing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the transcendental factors concentration, knowledge and vision, disenchantment and…
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Transcendental dependent origination
Continuing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the flow the transcendental dependent origination and covering faith,…
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Review of true duhkha
Reviewing Chapter 2, covering the sections related to true duhkha covering realms of existence and…
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The “Ye Dharma Dharani”
Starting teaching from Chapter 10, explaining "dharani" to describe how they cover different aspects of…
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Compassion and the determination to be free
Completing Chapter 9, describing how to think about the four truths in terms of three…
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Finding true happiness
Continuing teaching from Chapter 9, describing the way to investigate the source of true happiness…
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Benefits of meditating on the the 12 links
Commencing the teaching from Chapter 9 and describing the benefits of meditating on the 12…
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Nagarjuna’s analysis of arising
Completing teaching from Chapter 8, explaining Nagarjuna's four-point analysis of arising.
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Ultimate nature of the twelve links
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 8, covering the section "The Ultimate Nature of the Twelve…
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Like illusions
Teaching from Chapter 8, explaining why phenomena are "like illusions" but are not actually illusions.
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