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Venerable Thubten Chodron The correct view
Continuation of the commentary on verses from Je Rinpoche's "Three Principle Aspects of the Path,"…
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Divisions of the selfless
Teaching on the divisions of the selfless, after a lively discussion about syllogisms created by…
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Divisions of the selfless
The division of all phenomena according to the Sautrantika tenet school.
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Dependent arising
Sharing a newly written prayer to Kwan Yin and teaching on the relationship between emptiness…
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Outline of the selfless
Continuing Chapter 9 “Basic Buddhist Ontology” and reviewing the outline of the selfless, which includes…
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Illusion-like appearances
Covering three sections on the illusion-like appearance of conventional reality experienced after meditative equipoise on…
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Correct signs practice and review
Sharing practice signs sent in by students and starting on Chapter 9 on “Basic Buddhist…
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Identifying inherent existence
Covering the section “Establishing the lack of an intrinsic nature of 'mine'” and explores how…
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Three types of correct signs
Covering Chapter 8 on “The Three Types of Correct Signs” - effect, nature, and non-observation.
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Identifying the person
Teaching on how to identify the conventionally existent person and challenge its appearance of being…
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Valid syllogisms
Going over practice syllogisms and teaching on Chapter 7 on the two types of valid…
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Realizing selflessness
Continuing the section on insight and explaining how realizing selflessness cuts the root of samsara.
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