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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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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 4: Verses 356-363

Refuting inherent existence with refutations of inherently existent pain and pleasure.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 295-300

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on dependent arising and emptiness, and concludes his commentary with verses…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 286-295

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the importance of not lapsing from the right view, and…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 281-285

Teachings explaining the difficulty of understanding emptiness and why emptiness should not be feared.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 278-280

Teachings on how to prove the Buddha’s omniscience based on reasoning and experience.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 277-278

Geshe Thabkhe answers questions on subtle impermanence, emptiness, and continues teachings on refuting the wrong…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapters 11-12: Verses 275-277

Teachings on refuting the wrong views start with explaining the qualities of a proper Dharma…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 266-274

Teachings on refutation of substantially existent duration and on impermanence.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 259-265

Refutation of lower Buddhist schools’ view of permanent future phenomena.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 251-258

Does time exist substantially? How do past, present, and future really exist?

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 247-250

Does selflessness mean nonexistence? How to avoid the two extremes of nihilism and eternalism and…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 238-246

Geshe Yeshe Thabke continues to challenge our instinctive view of the self as permanent and…

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