Sravasti Abbey

Teachings that were presented at Sravasti Abbey.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Emptiness and impermanence

A discussion about hidden and evident phenomena, emptiness and impermanence, and terms used in emptiness…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Sutra school: Phenomena and cognition

Manifest and hidden phenomena, prime and subsequent cognition, and the three times according to the…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 17-3: Teaching the Dharma

Teaching the first two of four ways of gathering disciples: Being generous and speaking pleasantly.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Sautrāntika and two truths

Types of proponents of the Sutra school, characterized phenomena, and positive and negative phenomena according…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Hearers, solitary realizers, bodhisattvas

Teachings according to the Vaibhashika, explanation of nirvana, samsara, and renunciation, and a definition of…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 17-2: Taking care of ourselves

Seeing ourselves as worthwhile people, being kind to others because we respect them and see…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Questions and answers: Existence and tenets

A discussion revolving around existence and the self according to the various tenet schools.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Karma, impermanence, and cognition

Karmic imprints, rebirth, the person, the aggregates, and types of cognition.

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