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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Dependent arising and emptiness
What dependent arising is and how it is compatible with realizing emptiness.
View PostWhat are we negating?
Why we need to realize emptiness and what we negate in this process.
View PostBuddha as a reliable guide, reverse order
Explaining the reverse order why buddha is a reliable guide and beginning the section on…
View PostTen powers and eighteen unshared qualities
Concluding the ten powers of buddhas (9 - 10), and covering the first twelve of…
View PostBuddha nature
Explaining the two types of Buddha nature to help us understand our potential.
View PostThe nature of all phenomena is emptiness
How phenomena actually exist and the importance of understanding emptiness.
View PostRefuting the Cittamatra view
Explaining how all phenomena, including mind, are dependent on other factors.
View PostCreating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
View PostCaring for our grief
Western material on grief and complementary material from a Buddhist point of view.
View PostA personal study of grief and some antidotes
Learning from personal grief and antidotes for working with grief from a Buddhist perspective.
View PostEmptiness, karma, and the stages of grief
The relationship between emptiness and karma. Exploring Western views of grief.
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