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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 281-285

Teachings explaining the difficulty of understanding emptiness and why emptiness should not be feared.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 278-280

Teachings on how to prove the Buddha’s omniscience based on reasoning and experience.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 277-278

Geshe Thabkhe answers questions on subtle impermanence, emptiness, and continues teachings on refuting the wrong…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 266-274

Teachings on refutation of substantially existent duration and on impermanence.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 259-265

Refutation of lower Buddhist schools’ view of permanent future phenomena.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 251-258

Does time exist substantially? How do past, present, and future really exist?

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 247-250

Does selflessness mean nonexistence? How to avoid the two extremes of nihilism and eternalism and…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 226-228

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teaching on individual refutations of the self that is put forward…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 219-225

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent partless particles and truly existent…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 212-218

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent functional phenomena like partless particles.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 202-211

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues teaching on refuting permanent personal self, uncompounded space, and permanent time.

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