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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Finding happiness through wisdom
The three types of wisdom and how they empower us to create the causes for…
View PostChapter 4: Verses 382-391
Examining the teachings on the bodhisattva practices and emptiness in the fundamental and universal vehicles.
View PostPracticing the Dharma purely
Practical advice on practicing the Dharma well and avoiding spiritual materialism.
View PostTypes of dependent origination
The three types of dependent origination and how they relate to emptiness.
View PostThe ineffability of emptiness
Exploring paradoxical statements about emptiness in their specific context in Buddhist philosophy.
View PostThe right view of emptiness
Clarifying potential pitfalls in our understanding of emptiness.
View PostDiscussion: Emptiness, ethical conduct, and mindfulness
Geshe Dadul Namgyal responds to questions on self- and other-emptiness, and on uncompounded phenomena.
View PostThe Madhyamaka view: A review
Geshe Dadul Namgyal returns to teach on the Middle Way view of Buddhist philosophy, beginning…
View PostThe whole and its parts
Using the reasoning of dependence on parts to show how things cannot be inherently existent.
View PostDiscussion: Emptiness, ignorance, and mental states
Geshe Dadul Namgyal takes questions on emptiness and dependent arising, and the difference between dreams…
View PostChapter 4: Verses 364-369
The similarities and differences between the fundamental and universal vehicles, and the importance of avoiding…
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