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Geshe Dorji Damdul Vaibashika, Sautrantika, and Mind-only
Beliefs within the Vaibashika, Sautrantika, and Mind-only schools.
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Sautrantika views
Objects of observation, possibility of omniscience, subtle mind and energy, and how ethical conduct is…
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Goals and obscurations
Selflessness in the Sautrantika school, meditating on topics other than emptiness, two ultimate goals, and…
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Reality and appearances
How all functioning things have parts, same and different entities, the gap between reality and…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 19-4: Antidote to depression
How meditating on precious human life results in constant awareness of how fortunate we are,…
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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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Verse 19-3: Bodhisattva practices
The importance of aiming for a precious human life, even if that's not our long-term…
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Verse 19-2: Precious human life
Not every human life is a precious human life. Considering living beings who are so…
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Verse 19-1: The upper realms
How a precious human life gives us just enough comfort and just enough suffering to…
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Persons, perceptions, and mental factors
The definition of "person" according to different tenet systems, and a discussion of perception, divisions…
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Verse 18: The exalted path
Generating positive aspirations for all sentient beings when setting out walking on a path.
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Single and different
The Sautrantika school's view of the nature of reality and the value of learning the…
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