tenets
Buddhist tenets are a system of ordering the philosophical positions of the four main schools of Buddhist philosophy–Vaibashika, Sautantrika, Cittamatra, and Madhyamika–and their subschools.
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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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Emptiness and impermanence
A discussion about hidden and evident phenomena, emptiness and impermanence, and terms used in emptiness…
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Sutra school: Phenomena and cognition
Manifest and hidden phenomena, prime and subsequent cognition, and the three times according to the…
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Sautrāntika and two truths
Types of proponents of the Sutra school, characterized phenomena, and positive and negative phenomena according…
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Hearers, solitary realizers, bodhisattvas
Teachings according to the Vaibhashika, explanation of nirvana, samsara, and renunciation, and a definition of…
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Questions and answers: Existence and tenets
A discussion revolving around existence and the self according to the various tenet schools.
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Karma, impermanence, and cognition
Karmic imprints, rebirth, the person, the aggregates, and types of cognition.
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Five paths, buddhas, and arhats
Unpacking the terms contaminated, uncontaminated, and types of phenomena.
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Four seals, obstacles, and enemies of bodhicitta
The four seals as fixed and true, the obstacles to happiness, how to eliminate ignorance,…
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Tenet systems and the extremes
Four seals asserted by all Buddhist schools, misconceptions of self, and the views of different…
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Introduction to the tenets
The first teaching in a series on the tenets: comparison of method and wisdom aspects,…
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