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.
Persons, perceptions, and mental factors
Geshe Dorji Damdul The definition of "person" according to different tenet systems, and a discussion of perception, divisions of mind, and mental factors.
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Benefits of studying emptiness
How to actually practice wisdom and meditate on emptiness according to Prasangika Madhyamaka.
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Reality and appearances
How all functioning things have parts, same and different entities, the gap between reality and appearance, and deceptive modes of existence.
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The four seals
Geshe Dorji Damdul skillfully explains how ignorance leads to suffering and how to be rid of this root affliction.
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Goals and obscurations
Selflessness in the Sautrantika school, meditating on topics other than emptiness, two ultimate goals, and how to attain nirvana and a favorable samsara.
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Sautrantika views
Objects of observation, possibility of omniscience, subtle mind and energy, and how ethical conduct is the foundation of the path.
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Vaibashika, Sautrantika, and Mind-only
Beliefs within the Vaibashika, Sautrantika, and Mind-only schools.
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