wisdom
Teachings on how to cultivate wisdom on many different levels, ranging from the wisdom that understands karma and its effects, the four truths, and how to benefit others, to the wisdom realizing the ultimate nature of reality.
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Geshe Dorji Damdul Four seals, obstacles, and enemies of bodhicitta
The four seals as fixed and true, the obstacles to happiness, how to eliminate ignorance,…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Perfection of concentration
On the basis of ethical conduct, training to abandon the hindrances and as a result…
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The Vajrayana path
Concluding the series with an explanation on the four ways to benefit trainees, the combination…
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Mindfulness and checking awareness
Going through the day feeling confident we have good ethical conduct and bearing no guilt…
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Avoiding the extreme of nihilism
The danger in misunderstanding emptiness and thinking that getting rid of the labels means we…
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The life of the Buddha
The life of the Buddha in terms of the direction we can go in mind…
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The benefits of precepts
What is important in our lives? Happiness is getting our lives together to pacify our…
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Dependent arising and emptiness
Investigating ultimate and conventional truth through the teachings on dependent arising and emptiness.
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Refuting inherently existent phenomena
Using the "diamond slivers" reasoning to refute the inherent production of phenomena.
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Verse 14-3: Three higher trainings
Gradual progression of subduing of the afflictions and the counteracting of the karma through the…
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Refuting the inherent self
Using reasoning to refute the inherent existence of the self and all phenomena.
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