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 Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Primordially pure awareness
Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Proponents of dependent arising
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how various Buddhist tenet schools assert dependent arising, and how this…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The importance of realizing emptiness
Why emptiness is the antidote to ignorance and the path to peace.
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Different positions on dependent arising
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how phenomena are established in dependence.
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Afflictions and the nature of the mind
Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…
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We must cherish living beings more than buddhas
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains why cherishing sentient beings pleases the Buddha the most.
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Contestable times
A conversation on the nature of time with a theoretical physicist, a philosopher, and a…
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Three levels of wisdom: Hearing, thinking, and medit...
The three wisdoms establish a foundation, refine understanding, and make the Dharma part of us.
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Reflection on cultivating excellent qualities
Leading a discussion on points 1-3 in the reflection at the end of the section…
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Views of various religions asserting a divine creator
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains the views of various religions asserting a divine creator.
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Excellent qualities can be enhanced
Explaining how it is possible to cultivate the mind’s excellent qualities limitlessly in the section…
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