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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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 14: Verses 347-350
Teachings on the verses showing how the reasoning on dependent arising refutes inherent existence.
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Chapter 14: Verses 338-346
Teachings on the verses refuting inherently existent components, one and different, causes and effects.
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Chapter 14: Verses 328-337
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses on the relationship between the whole and its parts.
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Chapter 14: Verses 327-328
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues teaching on how phenomena exist by mere imputation, refuting the view…
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Chapters 13-14: Verses 325-326
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe completes Chapter 13 and begins Chapter 14 refuting the views of the…
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Chapter 13: Verses 320-324
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on verses refuting the true existence of the perceiving consciousness.
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Chapter 13: Verses 311-319
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of sense organs.
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Chapter 13: Verses 307-310
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of visual objects.
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Chapter 13: Verse 301-306
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting inherent existence of the sense objects.
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Chapter 13: Verse 301
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teachings on refuting the inherent existence of sense organs and objects.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron How things appear and how they exist
The way things appear to us is not the way they exist. To attain liberation…
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Disentangling our identities
Identities are useful conventions, but strongly grasping them can lead to victimhood.
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