Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature (2021–present)

Ongoing teachings on volume three of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on our present situation and our highest potential. Tune in live on Fridays at 6 pm Pacific Time here.

Virtue, nonvirtue, merit, and roots of nonvirtue

Completing Chapter 5, covering five types of virtues and five types of nonvirtues and starting Chapter 6, describing the evolution of the universe.

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Mind and the external world

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the evolution of the universe and the relationship between sentient beings mind and the external world.

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Karma and our environment

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the interaction between the mind and external world and the interplay of natural laws and karmic laws.

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Dependent arising

Completing Chapter 6, covering karma and instinctual behavior and commencing Chapter 7, describing the wheel of life.

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Applying karma to our lives

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice Seedling sutra.

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First-link ignorance

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the specific scope of the first-link, ignorance and the differences according to various tenet systems.

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The root of samsara

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining how different tenet systems describe what is the root of samsara and how the first link leads to actions.

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Review of the four truths

Reviewing Chapter 1, covering four truths and sixteen attributes of the four truths.

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Formative action

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining formative action, the second of the twelve links of dependent origination.

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Consciousness

Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the third link of the twelve links of dependent origination, consciousness.

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Name and form

Teaching from Chapter 7, covering the third link according to the Pali tradition and explaining the fourth link, name and form.

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