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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Dismantling personal identity
Examining how our mind puts parts together through a conceptual process and see the object…
View PostSubtle mind and wind in tantra
What appears to the mind during meditation on emptiness in tantric practice?
View PostReview: Precepts of mind training
How we can apply the mind training slogans during our daily activities and interactions.
View PostSix types of inverted deeds
The six types of inverted deeds to avoid in practice, and the benefits of practicing…
View PostThinking about emptiness
The wisdom realizing emptiness has the ability to cut the root of suffering once and…
View PostWorking on our attachments
We don't need to keep trying new things in order to see how attachment works.…
View PostQuestioning our perceptions
An explanation of how emptiness and dependent arising do not contradict each other.
View PostCultivating compassion
Creating conditions beneficial to practice, cultivating compassion without bias, and intellectual versus emotional compassion.
View PostIndependent and dependent existence
The contrast between independent and dependent existence, and an explanation of the difference between permanent…
View PostEmptiness and worldly appearances
Emptiness is not simply another quality of a sense object, like color or shape, but…
View PostWisdom from Great Aunt Ga-ga
A person in prison remembers his great-aunt and the wealth of advice she gave. He…
View PostTara’s wisdom
Further explanations of doing the Tara sadhana and what different sections mean. The various kinds…
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