Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The mundane form and formless realm
Describing the progression through the mundane meditative absorptions of the form and formless realms, continuing…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Cultivating mundane insight
Introducing the seven preparations and the seven mental contemplations of cultivating mundane insight, where one…
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The disadvantages of not generating wisdom
The faults that follow from not developing wisdom.
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Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II The opportunity to realize emptiness
The concluding verses of dedication and an aspiration to practice in order to benefit others.
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Alex Berzin More Dharma questions with Dr. Alex Berzin
Answering more questions from the audience on topics discussed in previous talks and presented in…
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Contradictions between modes of existence
Gratitude for the teaching of emptiness that brings about the undoing of all faults.
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The medicine of the Dharma
Different ways to posit the dependent arising and emptiness of phenomena.
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Subtler levels of dependent arising
The connection between emptiness and an understanding of dependent arising.
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The voidness of appearance
How different Buddhist schools view the self in relation to the aggregates.
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Q & A session with Dr. Alex Berzin
Clarifying the meaning of key terms and answering questions on everything from afflictions to rebirth.
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The essence of Buddha’s teaching
Why understanding dependent arising is essential for eliminating afflictions at the root.
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