Teaching on the compatibility of dependent arising and emptiness.
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Dependent designation
Teaching on how everything depends on thought, and an explanation of the analogy of the rope and the snake that is often used to explain emptiness.
Dependent arising and emptiness
How to see ourselves as an illusion instead of buying into our usual distorted view of reality.
Questioning appearances
Teaching on extending the meditation on emptiness to things we own, and on the union of serenity and insight.
Existence of the “I”
Reviewing the four-point analysis of the emptiness of the self and teaching on coarse and subtle selflessness.
Cultivating equanimity
How does one deal with one’s own judgmental mind? A student examines the benefits of applying equanimity to oneself, and then to others.
The wheel of karmic cause and effect
Because we exist on a continuum we are experiencing the results of past actions and actively creating the causes for our experience in the future.
The basic principles of karma
The basic principles of karma and using them as a guide for actions and making choices. Transforming mental pain into the path.
Bringing an awareness of karma into our lives
When we have an awareness of karma we change our habitual ways of acting and thinking. We become more discerning about what to practice and abandon.
Creating the causes for good results
Examining our behaviors and attitudes in pursuing happiness in order to abandon mistaken ways and adopt those that are more effective.