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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Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen A Presentation of the Establishment of Mindfulness
Gyalwa Chokyi Gyaltsen describes the necessary factors to analyze the mind and describes the meditation…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Review: Ignorance and tenet systems
A review of the section on cultivating the awakening mind, including what ignorance is, avoiding…
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Mary Grace Lentz Done with the detour
Without renouncing her householder responsibilities, she continues to deepen her understanding of how to perfectly…
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Wendy Garner - Jul 3, 2010
Wendy Garner A vacation with anger
Realizing that anger is a habit and not an inherently existent part of the self…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Illusion-like appearance
How things and persons appear like illusions; the correct meaning of "illusion-like appearance" and ways…
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Serenity and insight
How insight is the union of serenity and the correct view of selflessness: what serenity…
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Selflessness of phenomena
An explanation of the lack of an inherently existing "mine," and the selflessness of phenomena.…
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The source of happiness and misery
How to apply the teachings to our lives in a practical way.
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An inherently existent self
How to investigate if the self is inherently different from the aggregates and steps in…
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The self and the aggregates
Selflessness of persons: how to investigate if the self is inherently one with the aggregates.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review: Object of negation
A review of the commentary on identifying the object of negation: the reasoning used to…
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Establishing selflessness
Three mistaken approaches to determining selflessness and the order for establishing selflessness.
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