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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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) The object of negation
The distinctions that have to be made to arrive at the right understanding of emptiness.
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Meditation: Searching for the self
Geshe Dadul Namgyal guides a meditation on searching for the sense of "I" that inherently…
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Right understanding of emptiness
Tendencies to watch out for when learning about emptiness, and important distinctions to be made…
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The Madhyamaka view: Questions and answers
Geshe Dadul Namgyal answers questions from the first day of teachings on the Madhyamaka view.
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Ignorance, afflictions, and emptiness
The relationship between the wisdom realizing emptiness and the other practices on the path, and…
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Meditation: The true nature of the self
An analytical meditation on searching for the true nature of the self.
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The Madhyamaka view
An overview of Madhyamaka philosophy and the apparently conflicting views taught by the Buddha to…
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Dr. Guy Newland Western perspectives on Tsongkhapa
Returning to Chapa chos kyi seng ge's refutation of Chandrakirti, which foreshadows Tsongkhapa.
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Conventional and ultimate nature
How Tsongkhapa refutes the Svatantrika view of conventional existence, while retaining the possibility of understanding…
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The Svatantrika view
Reviewing arguments that the ultimate nature cannot be known by the mind.
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Understanding through reasoned logic
The ultimate nature being unknowable by the mind, versus arguments that it is possible to…
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