Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature (2021–23)
Teachings on volume three of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on our present situation and our highest potential.
The power of afflictions and purification
Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Explaining the subtle levels of mind according to sutra and tantra, completing the section, "The Equlaity of Samsara and Nirvana" and starting the section, "Levels…
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Levels of mind
Explaining what it means to say that the innate clear light is the mind is creator of samsara and nirvana, continuing the teaching from the…
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Using the subtlest clear light mind on the path
Explaining how tantra manifests the subtlest mind-wind and uses it to accumulate merit and wisdom and attain full enlightenment, completing the section, "Levels of Mind",…
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The potential for liberation
Venerable Thubten Chodron Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's Potential," and "Is Liberation Possible?", from Chapter 12
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Cultivating excellent qualities
Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent Qualities Can Be Cultivated Limitlessly" and "Afflictive Mental States and…
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The purity of emptiness
Explaining the emptiness of afflictive mind and the emptiness of purified mind, reviewing the section, "The Equality of Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa", from Chapter 12.
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The mind’s potential in the Pali tradition
Starting Chapter 13, "Buddha Nature", covering the potential of the mind from the section, "The Mind's Potential according to the Pali Tradition". Completing the review…
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Arya disposition and Buddha nature
Describing the arya dispositions according to different tenet systems, from the sections "Ārya Disposition according to the Vaibhāṣikas and Sautrāntikas" and "Buddha Nature according to…
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Review of Buddha nature
Explaining Buddha Nature according to different tenet systems, reviewing the sections “Arya Disposition according to the Vaibhaṣikas and Sautrantikas” and “Buddha Nature according to the…
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Transforming and naturally abiding Buddha nature
Explaining the meaning of naturally abiding buddha nature and transforming buddha nature, from the section "Buddha Nature according to the Madhyamaka School" in Chapter 13
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Are sentient beings already Buddhas?
Explaining whether sentient beings are already buddhas and covering the buddha nature according to tantra, from the sections "Buddha Nature according to the Madhyamaka School"…
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Review of tenets and buddha nature
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Reviewing two types of buddha nature and their relationship to the buddha bodies, from Chapter 13 and also providing a overview of tenet systems
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