Among His Holiness’ principal commitments is to preserve Tibetan culture and to protect the environment. Part of a virtual talk series on TibetTV.
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The truth of cessation
Completion of the commentary on the truth of origination followed by commentary on the truth of cessation of suffering.
The truth of origination of suffering
The completion of the commentary to the truth of suffering followed by the commentary to the truth of origination of suffering.
Refuting the elements as the cause of afflictions
Refuting views that assert the elements of the body are the substantial cause of the mental defilements also the definition of the truth of suffering.
Refuting that body is the special basis of mind
Through logical reasoning it is shown that the physical body cannot be the substantial cause of the mind.
Refuting incorrect views on the causes of suffering and the afflictions
The logical refutations of incorrect ideas of how the mental afflictions and suffering arise and proving the correct causes.
The sixteen aspects of the four truths
How the sixteen aspects of the four truths contradict the sixteen distorted ideas.
The sixteen distorted ideas
Explanation of the section of the Pramanavarttika on identifying the sixteen distorted ideas about the four truths.
Reverse system proving the Buddha as authority, part 2
Explanation of the reverse system establishing the Buddha as an authority from the Pramanvarttika. Also ascertaining the number and order of the four truths.
Buddhist tenet systems: origin and background
How the four Buddhist tenet systems originated in the Buddhist teachings and were presented in early Indian and Tibetan texts.