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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Karma in samsara and beyond
Completing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the last two transcendental factors and covering the types…
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70 Topics: Peak application
Overview of chapter 5 on peak application and explanation of selected topics.
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How do living beings exist?
A teaching on emptiness including an explanation of the prayer "Homage to Manjushri".
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Compassion observing the unapprehendable
A teaching on compassion observing the unapprehendable based on Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion.
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Relating to the Buddha of wisdom
How to correctly view and relate to the deity and our spiritual mentor within tantric…
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Compassion observing phenomena
A teaching on compassion observing phenomena based on Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion.
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Giving up our poor-quality view
Dismantling low self-esteem through Buddhist psychology and tantric techniques.
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Compassion observing sentient beings
Unpacking verse 3 of Chandrakirti’s "Homage to great compassion."
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Cutting through the mundane mind
Questions and answers on how visualization and mantra recitation support our spiritual practice.
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Three kinds of compassion
Commentary on verses 1 and 2 of Chandrakirti’s "Homage to Great Compassion."
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Concentration, knowledge & vision and disenchan...
Continuing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the transcendental factors concentration, knowledge and vision, disenchantment and…
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Transcendental dependent origination
Continuing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the flow the transcendental dependent origination and covering faith,…
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