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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

The body and mind

The various aspects that compose the body and mind: the twelve sources and eighteen constituents,…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Classification of phenomena

A discussion about meditation and syllogisms, and begins Chapter 3 outlining the Buddhist classification of…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Reliable cognizers and meditation

The relationship between our thinking patterns and types of cognizers, and how inferential reliable cognizers…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

The threefold analysis

Reliable cognizers based on authoritative testimony, and how to undertake the threefold analysis to determine…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Reliable cognizers based on example and authoritativ...

The relationship between wrong consciousnesses and our emotional life, and reliable cognizers based on example…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Reliable cognizers and syllogisms

The types of awarenesses, direct and inferential reliable cognizers, and how to understand syllogisms.

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Types of awareness

The seven types of awareness according to the Sautantrika tenet school, and the four types…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

The two truths and non-deceptive knowledge

The two truths, ultimate and veiled truths, and the four types of reliable cognizers according…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Nirvana is true peace

The fourth seal, that nirvana is true peace, and the importance of the sequence of…

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