Cognition

A Gelug presentation of the topic of negations and affirmations, which are crucial in meditating on the negation phenomenon, voidness.

An in-depth analysis of the topic of what it means to understand something, which is important both for our Dharma practice and in daily life.

The Gelug explanation of how all our problems come about because of confusion about appearances, how the mind makes appearances and what is arising and engaged with when we talk about mental activity.

Learning about Buddhist metaphysics is an analytical tool to deconstruct our experiences.

An overview of the two general positions regarding the main points of cognition theory of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Subsequent cognition is an invalid awareness that apprehends what has already been apprehended.

Existent phenomena are defined as what is validly knowable. In the Sautrantika system, existent phenomena are divided into nonstatic objective entities and static metaphysical ones.

The Indian Buddhist tenet systems present graded levels of understanding of how things exist like an illusion, which we can use in our daily lives.

Bare cognition is a fresh, nonfraudulent awareness that is non-deceptive and parted from concepts.

An overview of the different numbers of valid ways of knowing in Indian tenet systems.