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 What is a person?
A continuation of the commentary on Nagarjuna's verses, examining whether the person is the constituents…
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Chapter 14: Verses 348-350
Seeing that emptiness is the meaning of dependent arising and dependent arising is the meaning…
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Instructions on the Dorje Khadro practice
Instructions on the Dorje Khadro fire offering practice.
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Chapter 14: Verse 344
Refuting the inherent existence of phenomena by seeing they cannot be inherently one or many.
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What is dhih?
An explanation of the meaning and purpose of the seed syllables. What to contemplate as…
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How to practice between sessions
Seeing our afflictions as mere mind moments that have a similar "flavor" to which we…
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Chapter 14: Verses 335-343
Examining the relationship between an object and its attributes, and the whole and its parts,…
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Cultivating wisdom
Advice on how to cultivate wisdom to counteract our wrong views while on retreat.
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Analyzing the terrorist
Applying ultimate analysis to challenge our assumptions about what makes a person a terrorist.
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Entering Manjushri retreat
Teachings on the Manjushri practice and a question and answer session with the one-month Manjushri…
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Chapter 14: Verses 326-334
Reflecting on the relationship between an object and its attributes to refute true existence.
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