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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Buddhist Worldview

Finding happiness through wisdom

The three types of wisdom and how they empower us to create the causes for…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 4: Verses 382-391

Examining the teachings on the bodhisattva practices and emptiness in the fundamental and universal vehicles.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Practicing the Dharma purely

Practical advice on practicing the Dharma well and avoiding spiritual materialism.

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Middle Way Philosophy

The ineffability of emptiness

Exploring paradoxical statements about emptiness in their specific context in Buddhist philosophy.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Discussion: Emptiness, ethical conduct, and mindfulness

Geshe Dadul Namgyal responds to questions on self- and other-emptiness, and on uncompounded phenomena.

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Middle Way Philosophy

The Madhyamaka view: A review

Geshe Dadul Namgyal returns to teach on the Middle Way view of Buddhist philosophy, beginning…

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Middle Way Philosophy

The whole and its parts

Using the reasoning of dependence on parts to show how things cannot be inherently existent.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Discussion: Emptiness, ignorance, and mental states

Geshe Dadul Namgyal takes questions on emptiness and dependent arising, and the difference between dreams…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 4: Verses 364-369

The similarities and differences between the fundamental and universal vehicles, and the importance of avoiding…

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