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 Searching for the self
Commentary on the "Sutta on a Lump of Foam" (SN 22.95) analyzing how the five…
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Formally taking refuge
Explaining the section on formally taking refuge, and covering how to deepen our refuge by…
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Applying interdependence to daily life
Understanding interdependence enables us to create the causes of happiness for this and future lives.
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Recollection of the Buddha
Completing the recollection of the Buddha and beginning the recollection of Dharma, teaching from Chapter…
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Dependent arising and emptiness
What dependent arising is and how it is compatible with realizing emptiness.
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What are we negating?
Why we need to realize emptiness and what we negate in this process.
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Buddha as a reliable guide, reverse order
Explaining the reverse order why buddha is a reliable guide and beginning the section on…
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Ten powers and eighteen unshared qualities
Concluding the ten powers of buddhas (9 - 10), and covering the first twelve of…
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Buddha nature
Explaining the two types of Buddha nature to help us understand our potential.
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Yangten Rinpoche The nature of all phenomena is emptiness
How phenomena actually exist and the importance of understanding emptiness.
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Refuting the Cittamatra view
Explaining how all phenomena, including mind, are dependent on other factors.
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Creating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
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