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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Buddha as a reliable guide, reverse order
Explaining the reverse order why buddha is a reliable guide and beginning the section on…
View PostThe Buddha as a reliable guide
Explaining the four syllogisms of the forward order that prove how the Buddha is a…
View PostQualities of Buddha’s body, speech and mind
Explaining the qualities of Buddha's body, speech and mind, and beginning the section on Buddha…
View PostLast six of the unshared qualities
Covering the last six of the eighteen unshared qualities of a Buddha, teaching from Chapter…
View PostTen powers and eighteen unshared qualities
Concluding the ten powers of buddhas (9 - 10), and covering the first twelve of…
View PostTen powers
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
View PostGenerating the awakening mind
The importance of generating the awakening mind and how one cultivates this precious jewel.
View PostThe nature of all phenomena is emptiness
How phenomena actually exist and the importance of understanding emptiness.
View PostRefuting a permanent self
A refutation of partless atoms, permanent objects, and other wrong views.
View PostRefuting the Cittamatra view
Explaining how all phenomena, including mind, are dependent on other factors.
View PostAttachment Controls Us
An introduction to and overview of "A Commentary on the Awakening Mind."
View PostFour kinds of self-confidence, ten powers
Explaining the four kinds of self-confidence and the first three of the ten powers, teaching…
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