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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 286-295

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the importance of not lapsing from the right view, and…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 281-285

Teachings explaining the difficulty of understanding emptiness and why emptiness should not be feared.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 259-265

Refutation of lower Buddhist schools’ view of permanent future phenomena.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 238-246

Geshe Yeshe Thabke continues to challenge our instinctive view of the self as permanent and…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 226-228

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teaching on individual refutations of the self that is put forward…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 229–237

Individual refutation of the self posited by non-Buddhist schools, in particular by Vaisesikas and Samkhyas.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 219-225

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent partless particles and truly existent…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 212-218

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent functional phenomena like partless particles.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Overview and Chapter 9: Verse 201

Geshe Thabkhe gives an overview of the path and begins teaching on general refutation of…

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