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 Chapters 11-12: Verses 275-277
Teachings on refuting the wrong views start with explaining the qualities of a proper Dharma…
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Chapter 11: Verses 266-274
Teachings on refutation of substantially existent duration and on impermanence.
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Chapter 11: Verses 259-265
Refutation of lower Buddhist schools’ view of permanent future phenomena.
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Chapter 11: Verses 251-258
Does time exist substantially? How do past, present, and future really exist?
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Chapter 10: Verses 247-250
Does selflessness mean nonexistence? How to avoid the two extremes of nihilism and eternalism and…
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Chapter 10: Verses 226-228
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teaching on individual refutations of the self that is put forward…
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Chapter 9: Verses 219-225
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent partless particles and truly existent…
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Chapter 9: Verses 212-218
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent functional phenomena like partless particles.
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Chapter 9: Verses 202-211
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues teaching on refuting permanent personal self, uncompounded space, and permanent time.
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Overview and Chapter 9: Verse 201
Geshe Thabkhe gives an overview of the path and begins teaching on general refutation of…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 4: Verses 349-355
Refutations of pleasure and objects of pleasure as being inherently existent. The dependent nature of…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal “Precious Garland” review: Quiz part 4 q...
Discussion of how the self exists and doesn't exist. How to use the analysis of…
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