tenets
Buddhist tenets are a system of ordering the philosophical positions of the four main schools of Buddhist philosophy–Vaibashika, Sautantrika, Cittamatra, and Madhyamika–and their subschools.
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What ignorance is
Recognizing what ignorance is and why it is important to identify the object of negation…
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Cultivating ultimate bodhicitta
The difference between definitive and interpretable teachings and the method for negating a gross misconception…
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Dependent arising: Dependent designation
The concept of dependent arising can be examined by meditating on dependent designation, or the…
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I, me, myself and mine
A deeper look at the third seal: all phenomena lack a self. The meaning of…
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Discussion: Perceptions and existence
A discussion session covering externally existent things and perceptions.
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Benefits of cultivating bodhicitta
Combining the two techniques for cultivating bodhicitta and the benefits of cultivating bodhicitta.
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Discussion: Mind-only school
A discussion session regarding uncompounded space, objects as reflections of mind, and cause and effect…
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Generating bodhicitta
Equalizing and exchanging self and others and the seven-fold cause and effect relationship.
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Emptiness and bodhicitta
The benefits of generating bodhicitta and how emptiness and bodhicitta can support one another.
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Emptiness in everyday life
How ignorance, conceptualizations, afflictions and karma are linked and how to practice the understanding of…
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Meditation on emptiness
The preciousness of study and meditation on emptiness and the gap between the objective reality…
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