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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Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas
How to do purification practice and how to visualize the 35 Buddhas.
View PostPath of no more learning
Perceiving emptiness and conventional truth simultaneously. A discussion of the final verses of the Heart…
View PostPath of seeing and meditation
We see attachment as something solid but actually we are only experiencing moments of attachment…
View PostA solid concrete “I” does not exist
An examination of how phenomena are mere appearances, empty of inherent existence.
View PostPath of accumulation and preparation
What is emptiness? Examining what emptiness means and what is meant when we grasp at…
View PostProfound perfection of wisdom
A commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, covering the sequence of insights generated on…
View PostThe Heart of Wisdom Sutra
Recording of the Sravasti Abbey sangha chanting the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, accompanied by the…
View PostAfflictive doubts, afflictive views
How wrong views and doubts keep us in cyclic existence.
View PostObjects of attachment and antidotes
How attachment keeps us in cyclic existence and ways to overcome that.
View PostTaking problems onto the spiritual path
Transcript of a talk on using the Dharma to transform our problems into opportunities for…
View PostIntroduction to mind and mental factors
The Buddhist view of our thoughts and consciousness.
View PostEstablishing selflessness
Investigating the way things appear and how they actually exist.
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