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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Review of tenets and buddha nature
Reviewing two types of buddha nature and their relationship to the buddha bodies, from Chapter…
View PostIllusion or illusion like
The difference between being an actual illusion, and illusion-like.
View PostDebating impermanence
Commentary to verses 6-8 of Chapter 9, "Wisdom," of Shantideva's "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds."
View PostConventional consciousness
What is negated by ultimate analysis and the role of conventional consciousness.
View PostWishing to repay the kindness of others
Generating the repay the kindness of others and ways to do so.
View PostSelflessness of phenomena
Explanation of the view of the selflessness of phenomena in the Buddhist tenet schools.
View PostArya disposition and Buddha nature
Describing the arya dispositions according to different tenet systems, from the sections "Ārya Disposition according…
View PostThe source of disagreement
The source of disagreements between the lower tenets schools and the Prasangika Madhyamikas.
View PostThe purity of emptiness
Explaining the emptiness of afflictive mind and the emptiness of purified mind, reviewing the section,…
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