Tibetan Buddhism
Classic teachings of Buddhism in the Tibetan lineage; contemporary takes on those teachings.
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Geshe Dorji Damdul Goals and obscurations
Selflessness in the Sautrantika school, meditating on topics other than emptiness, two ultimate goals, and…
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Reality and appearances
How all functioning things have parts, same and different entities, the gap between reality and…
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Benefits of studying emptiness
How to actually practice wisdom and meditate on emptiness according to Prasangika Madhyamaka.
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Persons, perceptions, and mental factors
The definition of "person" according to different tenet systems, and a discussion of perception, divisions…
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Single and different
The Sautrantika school's view of the nature of reality and the value of learning the…
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Emptiness and impermanence
A discussion about hidden and evident phenomena, emptiness and impermanence, and terms used in emptiness…
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Sutra school: Phenomena and cognition
Manifest and hidden phenomena, prime and subsequent cognition, and the three times according to the…
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Sautrāntika and two truths
Types of proponents of the Sutra school, characterized phenomena, and positive and negative phenomena according…
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Hearers, solitary realizers, bodhisattvas
Teachings according to the Vaibhashika, explanation of nirvana, samsara, and renunciation, and a definition of…
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Questions and answers: Existence and tenets
A discussion revolving around existence and the self according to the various tenet schools.
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Karma, impermanence, and cognition
Karmic imprints, rebirth, the person, the aggregates, and types of cognition.
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