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 The teaching of no-self
The beginning of a commentary on quotations by the Kadam masters, starting with a teaching…
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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim “Precious Garland” review: Quiz part 2 q...
Discussion of quiz part two questions 10-18 to review verses from Chapter 1.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi “Precious Garland” review: Quiz question...
The review of Chapter 1 verses continues with a discussion of questions 19-22 from part…
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Quiz questions for Precious Garland: Verses 25-36
Part 2 of quiz questions, covering verses 25-36, to review understanding of the talks on…
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Quiz questions for Precious Garland: Intro to verse 24
Questions to review understanding of the talks on Nagarjuna’s "Precious Garland of Advice for a…
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Chapter 2: Verses 115-126
The problems of teaching emptiness to those who are unsuitable vessels. Creating the causes for…
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Chapter 2: Verses 109-114
Using the metaphor of the magician casting a spell to show how things appear truly…
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Chapter 2: Verses 101-108
Why the Buddha explained selflessness in different ways to different audiences and why he did…
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Chapter 1: Verses 93-100
Distinguishing between inherent existence and conventional existence, and refuting the true existence of emptiness and…
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Chapter 1: Verses 86-92
Refuting inherent existence by examining mutual dependence. Looking at the mutual dependence of the four…
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Chapter 1: Verses 82-86
Refuting the inherent existence of the person through the sevenfold analysis. Refuting the inherent existence…
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Chapter 1: Verses 81-82
Refuting an inherently existent self by analyzing the relationship between the person and the aggregates,…
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