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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Khensur Jampa Tegchok Integrating emptiness
Integrating the teachings in emptiness and identifying the object of negation, followed by some advice…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Understanding emptiness: Part 1
Question-and-answer session covering balancing practice of method and wisdom aspects of the path, realizations, purification,…
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Understanding emptiness, attaining liberation
How to attain liberation by understanding emptiness, and explaining nihilism and wrong views.
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Wisdom and compassion
Seeing the kindness of sentient beings and understanding that our enlightenment depends on them.
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Clarifying the practice
Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…
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Mid-retreat discussion
Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.
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Khensur Wangdak Rinpoche - Nov 23, 2007
Khensur Wangdak Rinpoche Bodhicitta: Gateway to the Mahayana path
Tracing the source of beginningless suffering and the antidote. Importance of compassion in the beginning,…
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Sadhana visualization
Clarifying process of purification, a discussion on karma, and connecting with the Medicine Buddha through…
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Gradual path to enlightenment
A condensed explanation of the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
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Incarcerated people Daishin, big mind
We can embrace our experiences, whether difficult or pleasant, in a way that is neither…
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Compassion seeing emptiness
Importance of daily practice and applying the teachings in our lives.
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