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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The Gift of Offering Service
Offering service is our chance to give something of value to the Three Jewels.
View PostIntroduction to Buddhist tenets
An introduction to the four tenet schools and the reasons for studying Buddhist tenets.
View PostUsing logic to prove selflessness
The reasonings refuting external phenomena put forward by the proponents of the Mind-Only School.
View PostThe selflessness of persons and phenomena
How to meditate on the selflessness of persons and phenomenon.
View PostMeditating on the selflessness of persons
How to cultivate special insight by meditating on the selflessness of persons.
View PostObjects for hindrances to cultivating serenity
The hindrances of dullness and excitement and the antidotes we can apply when these arise.
View PostMake every day a miracle
Practical advice on how to create the causes for happiness in our daily lives.
View PostPosture and objects for cultivating serenity
The eight-point Vairocana meditation position and what object to take as your mental object to…
View PostCultivating special insight and serenity
The prerequisites to cultivate special insight and the preliminary practices condensed in the seven-limb prayer.
View PostPrerequisites for serenity
What is needed to meditate on serenity and insight? Both are needed equally to attain…
View PostConventional and ultimate bodhicitta
An in-depth discussion of the two types of bodhicitta: conventional and ultimate.
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