Nagarjuna's Precious Garland with Khensur Jampa Tegchok (2006-08)
Commentary on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King by Tibetan Buddhist scholar Khensur Jampa Tegchok , given at Sravasti Abbey in 2008.
Conception of “I”
Khensur Jampa Tegchok How all beings arise from the conception of "I" and are enveloped with the conception of "my," and the I-grasping mind creates karma.
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Emptiness of self
Venerable Thubten Chodron Understanding unfamiliar concepts in the teaching: the mind, the self, and emptiness of the self.
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The self and the aggregates
When the conception of "I" exists there is action, from action there is also birth, and this is the cause of cyclic existence.
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The 12 links of dependent arising
Ending the 12 links of dependent arising, correcting wrong views in how we perceive a person and self.
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Renunciation and compassion
The mind at death, the nourishing of karma, and how renunciation and compassion are two sides of the same coin.
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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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Understanding emptiness: Part 1
Question-and-answer session covering balancing practice of method and wisdom aspects of the path, realizations, purification, self-grasping, and more.
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Integrating emptiness
Integrating the teachings in emptiness and identifying the object of negation, followed by some advice for monastics.
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Liberation and tenet schools
Verses 45-49 on what liberation means, the extremes of existence and non-existence, and distinctions between tenet schools.
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Understanding emptiness: Part 2
Discussion on topics of emptiness of space, permanence of nirvana, labels, cognizers, enlightenment, nirvana, and others.
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