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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Different kinds of refuge
Teaching on the different kinds of refuge – causal and resultant, and final and provisional…
View PostSelflessness of mind and phenomena
Commentary on Chapter 9 of "Engaging in the Bodhisattvas Deeds" refuting the inherent existence of…
View PostThe selflessness of feelings
Commentary on verses from Chapter 9 of “Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds” about refuting the…
View PostThe selflessness of persons
Why selflessness does not undermine karma or invalidate compassion. The three levels of selflessness of…
View PostThe thieves of wrong views
The five different kinds of wrong views and answers to questions about how emptiness eliminates…
View PostWhere is the self?
Refuting an inherently existent self through analysis of the body and mind. Also refuting the…
View PostConventional and ultimate existence
Further explanation of ultimate and conventional truths and ultimate and conventional existence.
View PostThe eight dangers
Teaching on first four of the eight dangers we ask Tara to protect us from—arrogance,…
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The two truths
The relationship between the two truths—conventional and ultimate—and the three criteria for conventional existence.
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The perfection of wisdom
Beginning the commentary on Chapter 9, The Perfection of Wisdom, from "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…
View PostFreedoms and fortunes of a precious human life
Covering verses 1.1c-1.4 on Shantideva’s purpose for writing the text and the eight freedoms and…
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