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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 1: Verses 57-62
To get to the view of the middle way that avoids the two extremes is…
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Chapter 1: Verses 49-56
Refuting the two extreme views—that things are totally nonexistent or inherently exist. Without abandoning the…
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Chapter 1: Verses 45-48
Refuting inherent existence eliminates grasping at true existence and leads to liberation. Refuting inherent existence…
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Chapter 1: Verses 39-44
How different tenet schools posit what nirvana is, and how the Prasangika Madhyamikas refute assertions…
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Chapter 1: Verses 36-38
Looking at the causes of rebirth in samsara, its unsatisfactory nature, and the causes for…
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Chapter 1: Verses 33-36
How self-grasping arises in dependence upon the aggregates and the order that selflessness of persons…
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Meditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, pa...
Using the four point analysis to meditate on the emptiness of persons and phenomena.
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Chapter 1: Verses 27-32
Looking at how grasping at a truly existent I causes problems and binds us to…
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Meditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, pa...
How to recognize the object of negation, the inherently existent self, and analyze whether it…
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Chapter 1: Verses 25-26
A correct understanding of emptiness leads to developing wisdom, while misunderstanding emptiness leads to a…
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The way of compassion
A conversational talk on compassion for The Yoga Hour with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian.
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Flattening our pride
The importance of being receptive and open to Dharma teachings, especially when they push our…
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