Wisdom

Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Commentaries on a 3rd century philosophical text on how to meditate on the nature of reality.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Introductory talks and extensive teachings on debate in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

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Buddhist Tenet Systems

Teachings on views of the nature of reality according to different Buddhist philosophical schools.

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Heart Sutra

Commentaries on the "Heart Sutra," which contains the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Extensive teachings on "How to See Yourself As You Really Are" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Teachings by Tibetan monastics and Western academics on central ideas in Buddhist philosophy.

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Mind and Awareness

Teachings on different types of cognizers and mental states conducive for attaining awakening.

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Commentaries on Precious Garland of Advice for a King by Nagarjuna.

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Copper statue of Dharmakirti in a garden.

Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches Dharmakirti’s commentary on Dignaga’s Compendium on Valid Cognition.

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Rice Seedling Sutra with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches from his book "The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising."

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Searching for the Self

Volume 7 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion explores emptiness and leads us to delve deeply into the topic of the ultimate nature of reality, presenting it from a variety of approaches.

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Insight into Emptiness

Khensur Jampa Tegchok, former abbot of Sera Jey Monastery, unpacks Buddhism’s animating philosophy—the emptiness of all appearances.

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Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness

Let a great Tibetan scholar, Khensur Jampa Tegchok, guide you through one of Nagarjuna’s masterworks. Timely advice on everyday life, ethics, public policy, and the true nature of our existence. Edited by Venerable Thubten Chodron.

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Serkong Rinpoche receives a khata from a student.

In Praise of Dependent Arising (2025)

Teachings from Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II on "In Praise of Dependent Arising" by Lama Tsongkhapa, with oral interpretation into English by Simon Houlton and Q&As with Dr. Alex Berzin.

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Dr. Roger Jackson smiles at Maitri the cat walking across the teacher's table.

Mahamudra with Dr. Roger Jackson (2016)

Dr. Roger Jackson from Carleton College gives a weekend course on Mahamudra at Sravasti Abbey in 2016.

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Guy Newland gestures while teaching in the Sravasti Abbey Meditation Hall.

Two Truths with Guy Newland (2010)

Dr. Guy Newland teaches how different Tibetan Buddhist schools of philosophy explain conventional and ultimate truths in order to understand the nature of reality.

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Vimalakirti Sutra (Singapore 2016-17)

Four talks on the Vimalakirti Sutra given at Vimalakirti Buddhist Centre in Singapore from 2016-17.

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Wisdom of Emptiness with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)

Teachings to cut the delusion that is at the root of all suffering, the primordial misconception that there is an intrinsic self, hosted online by Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Wisdom of Ultimate Truth with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)

An online course hosted by Root Institute in Bodh Gaya, India beginning with the four truths for aryas through to the highest form of wisdom of ultimate truth.

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