Sravasti Abbey

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Illumination of the Thought

Review session: Coarse and subtle selflessness

A review of Chandrakirti's assertions that hearer and solitary realizer arhats realize the emptiness of…

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Illumination of the Thought

Realizing emptiness by hearers and solitary realizers

Further explanation why Hearers and Solitary Realizers realize the emptiness of inherent existence and the…

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Grounds and Paths

Review session: Bodhisattvas outshine through intell...

A review of the attainments of seventh ground bodhisattvas and the different levels of selflessness.

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Illumination of the Thought

Outshining through intelligence

How bodhisattvas outshine hearers and solitary realizers in intelligence and beginning the section on how…

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Grounds and Paths

Review session: The first two bodhisattva grounds

An overview of the bodhisattva paths and grounds and review of the section “Four Features…

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Illumination of the Thought

Outshining hearers and solitary realizers

Explanation of how bodhisattva superiors outshine hearers and solitary realizers by way of their qualities.

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Geshe Yeshi Lhundup smiles while teaching in the Meditation Hall.
Illumination of the Thought

First bodhisattva ground: The Very Joyful

Commentary on the grounds of bodhisattva superiors and beginning the commentary on the first ground,…

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Illumination of the Thought

Review session: Compassion, impermanence and emptiness

Questons and answers When meditating on compassion, what is the object of meditation? Is the…

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Illumination of the Thought

Compassion conjoined with wisdom

Continued commentary on the three types of compassion and beginning the section on ways of…

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Illumination of the Thought

Review session: Three types of compassion

A review session on the three types of compassion, including the analogy of the bucket…

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Illumination of the Thought

Three types of compassion

Explanation of Chandrakirti's verses identifying three types of compassion.

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