emptiness
Teachings on the core of Buddhist philosophy: that persons and phenomena are ultimately empty of inherent existence because they are dependent arisings. This is the most powerful antidote that eliminates the ignorance and afflictions that give rise to suffering.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meditating on suffering (continued)
How meditating on suffering gives rise to renunciation and a discussion about the root of…
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View of a personal identity
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the view of a personal identity covering the coarse and…
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Receiving an initiation
What does it mean to receive a tantric initiation? Types of initiation and the qualities…
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The four purities and four classes of tantra
Ordinary view and ordinary grasping are obstacles to tantric practice.
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Unique features to tantra
The unique features of tantra as compared to the Paramitayana teachings.
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Kinds of duhkha
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 2, explaining eight unsatisfactory conditions and describing characteristics of true…
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Four attributes of true paths
Completing Chapter 1 describing four attributes of true paths and starting Chapter 2, covering “Knowing…
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Four attributes of true cessations
Teaching from Chapter 1, describing four attributes of true cessations and four attributes of true…
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Overcoming the four distorted conceptions
How the third and fourth attributes of true duhkha counter the distorted conceptions.
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The attributes of the four truths
Beginning the section on the sixteen attributes of the four truths. Also explanation of the…
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