How Nagarjuna’s advice to a leader is still relevant for leaders in modern times including, important qualities of leaders, social programs and prisons.
Wisdom in difficult times
These are the latest articles with video on this website, but you might be able to find even more recent videos on our YouTube channel. Also watch Venerable Thubten Chodron teaching the Dharma on live video every week.
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These are the latest articles with video on this website, but you might be able to find even more recent videos on our YouTube channel. Also watch Venerable Thubten Chodron teaching the Dharma on live video every week.
Review: Chapters 7-8
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a review of Chapters 7 and 8, and begins going through the divisions of the selfless in Chapter 9.
“An Open-Hearted Life”: Courageous compassion
Compassion includes the courage to stay when things get tough and deal with discomfort that arises when in contact with those experiencing suffering.
The correct view
Continuation of the commentary on verses from Je Rinpoche’s “Three Principle Aspects of the Path,” about how to realize emptiness.
Divisions of the selfless
Teaching on the divisions of the selfless, after a lively discussion about syllogisms created by the community.
Dependent arising
Sharing a newly written prayer to Kwan Yin and teaching on the relationship between emptiness and dependent arising.
Outline of the selfless
Continuing Chapter 9 “Basic Buddhist Ontology” and reviewing the outline of the selfless, which includes definitions, divisions, and examples.
Illusion-like appearances
Covering three sections on the illusion-like appearance of conventional reality experienced after meditative equipoise on emptiness.
Correct signs practice and review
Sharing practice signs sent in by students and starting on Chapter 9 on “Basic Buddhist Ontology I.”
Identifying inherent existence
Covering the section “Establishing the lack of an intrinsic nature of ‘mine’” and explores how conventional and inherent existence appear to the mind.
