emptiness
Teachings on the core of Buddhist philosophy: that persons and phenomena are ultimately empty of inherent existence because they are dependent arisings. This is the most powerful antidote that eliminates the ignorance and afflictions that give rise to suffering.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Four misconceptions about our body
Four ways we incorrectly view things in regards to our body.
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Questions about meditation
Venerable Sangye Khadro answers questions about meditation and gives advice for our practice.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Eight liberations and nine serial absorptions
Reviewing the eight liberations and explaining the eight liberations from Pali tradition and nine serial…
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Four types of srvaka aryas and eight liberations
Concluding the section on four types of śrāvaka āryas, and beginning the section on the…
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Meditative absorption on the four truths
Describing some of the different ways to overcome innate afflictions and progress on the path…
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Gaining the correct view
Refuting common misconceptions and using critical analysis to understand emptiness.
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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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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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Alex Berzin 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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