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 Yeshe Thabkhe Truth of the path
Completion of commentary on the truth of cessation, and beginning of commentary on the truth…
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Peace and sublimity
Commentary covers the second and third aspects of the truth of cessation: peace and sublimity,…
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Meditating on no self
Commentary on the way of meditating on no-self, how to prove omniscience, and beginning the…
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The reasons that prove cessation
Commentary on the reasons that prove the truth of cessation.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Refuting a primal substance and independent self
Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the…
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More on seeds and latencies
Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, covering seeds and latencies of afflictions and seeds and latencies…
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Afflictions, our real enemy
Finishing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how to see afflictions as our real enemy and…
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Putting the dharma into practice
Covering Chapter 5 Verses 100-109, discussing the advice to dedicate our merits for the welfare…
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“Letter to a Friend”: Verses 25-33 review
Commentary on verses about the perfections of concentration and wisdom. Also explanation of verses about…
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View of a personal identity
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the view of a personal identity covering the coarse and…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Receiving an initiation
What does it mean to receive a tantric initiation? Types of initiation and the qualities…
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The four purities and four classes of tantra
Ordinary view and ordinary grasping are obstacles to tantric practice.
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