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 Thubten Chodron “Approaching the Buddhist Path”: Depende...
What it means to repay the kindness of others. How phenomena are empty and exist…
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“Approaching the Buddhist Path”: The nat...
The conventional and ultimate nature of the mind. How phenomena exist in relationship to the…
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Kenneth Mondal 
Concentration, wisdom, and spiritual teachers
Explaining the last three verses of wisdom from the Kadam masters, which focus on concentration,…
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The light of liberation: True satisfaction and fulfi...
Using reasoning to develop confidence that nirvana and awakening are possible. The factors that make…
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The Vimalakirti Sutra: Eliminating false conceptuali...
How eliminating the fault of false conceptualization prevents the arising of afflictions. The emptiness of…
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The Vimalakirti Sutra: The two truths
What it means to enjoy the delights of the Dharma. The two truths, conventional and…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 16: Verses 387-400
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe concludes the final chapter of the text, refuting remaining wrong views about…
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Chapter 15: Verses 366-375
Teachings on refuting inherently existence of objects being produced; summary of refutations of inherent existence.
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Chapter 16: Verses 376-386
Does emptiness exist inherently? Teachings on refuting remaining arguments raised by opponents against the thesis…
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Chapter 15: Verses 360-365
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on analogies for the emptiness and the lack of inherent existence…
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Chapter 15: Verses 351-359
How can anything which exists at the time of its cause be produced? Teachings on…
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