Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul (2008)
Geshe Dorji Damdul teaches on the tenet systems in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, a presentation of different schools of thought on Buddhist philosophy of mind and reality, at Sravasti Abbey in 2008.
Introduction to the tenets
Geshe Dorji Damdul The first teaching in a series on the tenets: comparison of method and wisdom aspects, modes of teaching, and differences between Buddhists and non-Buddhists.
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Tenet systems and the extremes
Four seals asserted by all Buddhist schools, misconceptions of self, and the views of different schools.
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Four seals, obstacles, and enemies of bodhicitta
The four seals as fixed and true, the obstacles to happiness, how to eliminate ignorance, and the worst enemy of bodhicitta.
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Five paths, buddhas, and arhats
Unpacking the terms contaminated, uncontaminated, and types of phenomena.
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Karma, impermanence, and cognition
Karmic imprints, rebirth, the person, the aggregates, and types of cognition.
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Questions and answers: Existence and tenets
A discussion revolving around existence and the self according to the various tenet schools.
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Hearers, solitary realizers, bodhisattvas
Teachings according to the Vaibhashika, explanation of nirvana, samsara, and renunciation, and a definition of "sutra school."
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Sautrāntika and two truths
Types of proponents of the Sutra school, characterized phenomena, and positive and negative phenomena according to the Sautrāntika.
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Sutra school: Phenomena and cognition
Manifest and hidden phenomena, prime and subsequent cognition, and the three times according to the Sautrāntika.
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Emptiness and impermanence
A discussion about hidden and evident phenomena, emptiness and impermanence, and terms used in emptiness teachings.
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Single and different
The Sautrantika school's view of the nature of reality and the value of learning the tenet systems.
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