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Benefits of mind training
Self-centeredness is the root of all problems and conflicts. It is our true enemy, not…
View PostVerse 17-4: Gathering disciples
Teaching the third way to gather followers: encouraging people along the path.
View PostEmptiness and impermanence
A discussion about hidden and evident phenomena, emptiness and impermanence, and terms used in emptiness…
View PostSutra school: Phenomena and cognition
Manifest and hidden phenomena, prime and subsequent cognition, and the three times according to the…
View PostVerse 17-3: Teaching the Dharma
Teaching the first two of four ways of gathering disciples: Being generous and speaking pleasantly.
View PostSautrāntika and two truths
Types of proponents of the Sutra school, characterized phenomena, and positive and negative phenomena according…
View PostVerse 17-2: Taking care of ourselves
Seeing ourselves as worthwhile people, being kind to others because we respect them and see…
View PostQuestions and answers: Existence and tenets
A discussion revolving around existence and the self according to the various tenet schools.
View PostVerse 17-1: Closing the door to the lower realms
Closing the door to lower rebirths by abandoning ten non-virtues and keeping vows well.
View PostKarma, impermanence, and cognition
Karmic imprints, rebirth, the person, the aggregates, and types of cognition.
View PostFive paths, buddhas, and arhats
Unpacking the terms contaminated, uncontaminated, and types of phenomena.
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