Sravasti Abbey

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Sautrantika views

Objects of observation, possibility of omniscience, subtle mind and energy, and how ethical conduct is…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Goals and obscurations

Selflessness in the Sautrantika school, meditating on topics other than emptiness, two ultimate goals, and…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Reality and appearances

How all functioning things have parts, same and different entities, the gap between reality and…

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Abbey Guest
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

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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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Benefits of studying emptiness

How to actually practice wisdom and meditate on emptiness according to Prasangika Madhyamaka.

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Abbey Guest
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

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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Connection
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

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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Snow path with sun burst
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

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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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Persons, perceptions, and mental factors

The definition of "person" according to different tenet systems, and a discussion of perception, divisions…

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Meadow Path
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 18: The exalted path

Generating positive aspirations for all sentient beings when setting out walking on a path.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Single and different

The Sautrantika school's view of the nature of reality and the value of learning the…

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