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 Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Using the subtlest clear light mind on the path
Explaining how tantra manifests the subtlest mind-wind and uses it to accumulate merit and wisdom…
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Levels of mind
Explaining what it means to say that the innate clear light is the mind is…
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The power of afflictions and purification
Explaining the subtle levels of mind according to sutra and tantra, completing the section, "The…
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Conventional and ultimate analysis
Explaining how things are not findable under conventional and ultimate analysis, continuing the section "Equality…
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Equality of samsara and nirvana
Describing the meaning of "one taste in emptiness", beginning the section, "The Equality of Samsara…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The object of negation
Correctly identifying the object of negation is essential for the meditation on emptiness to be…
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Who can receive teachings on emptiness?
How to help yourself become prepared to understand the teachings on emptiness.
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Unborn clear light mind
Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…
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Primordially pure awareness
Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…
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The importance of realizing emptiness
Why emptiness is the antidote to ignorance and the path to peace.
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