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Four Buddha Bodies
27 Articles
The Efficiency of Anuttarayoga Tantra: Gelug
All the details of the four points for analyzing the increased efficiency of general tantra pertain to anuttarayoga. Beyond that, however, the same four points may help us to understand why the highest class of tantra, anuttarayoga, is even speedier than the other three...
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Why Tantra Is More Efficient Than Sutra
Transforming Adverse Circumstances with Our Thoughts
Transforming Our Behavior through Our Thoughts We’ve covered the first two points – the preliminaries and the actual training in bodhichitta. Now we’re ready for the third of the seven points, which is transforming difficult circumstances into the path to enlightenment. This...
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Extensive Explanation of “Seven Point Mind Training” – Dr. Berzin
Uttaratantra: General Presentation of Buddha-Nature
Buddha-Nature What do family-traits mean? A family-trait is “gotra,” which is family or caste. The traits are characteristics of someone who belongs to a certain family or caste. It can be the family or caste of those who can become Buddhas, so the Buddha-family. There are...
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Commentary on “Uttaratantra” – Dr. Berzin
From the Buddha-Nature Factors to the Buddha Bodies
Review We were speaking this morning about deepest bodhichitta. We saw that it was not enough just to have relative bodhichitta, either: Just the aspiring state in which we aspire to attain our not-yet-happening enlightenment Or, in addition, the pledged state of aspiring...
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Joint Practice of Conventional and Deepest Bodhichittas
Uttaratantra: Detailed Presentation of Buddha-Nature
Review Yesterday, we were speaking about the seven diamond-strong points which are presented here in the text. We saw that these seven are the Buddhas, the Dharma, the Sangha, the source (which refers to Buddha-nature), then enlightenment, the qualities of that state and the...
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Commentary on “Uttaratantra” – Dr. Berzin
The Efficiency of Kalachakra
(1) Closer Analogies The Kalachakra Tantra has many unique features not shared in common with the other anuttarayoga Buddha-figure systems. The upward and downward analogies of general anuttarayoga still pertain to its practice, except that Kalachakra does not entail practice...
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Why Tantra Is More Efficient Than Sutra
The Practice of Bodhichitta Meditation
Exceptional Resolve The next step after tonglen (giving and taking) is developing the exceptional resolve (lhag-bsam), which is the even stronger wish to be able to eliminate all the suffering of others and bring them the happiness of liberation and enlightenment. What is...
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Practices for Equalizing and Exchanging Our Attitudes
Extraphysical and Extrasensory Powers
Do a Buddha’s extraphysical and extrasensory powers make any sense or are they just interesting stories?
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Shamatha
Why Study and Practice Kalachakra?
Understanding and appreciating Kalachakra’s unique features and methods for attaining enlightenment grow based on first understanding and appreciating the unique features of Mahayana sutra, general tantra and anuttarayoga tantra.
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Kalachakra: Advanced
Directing Rebirth: The Tibetan Tulku System
The tulku system of reincarnate lamas is unique to Tibetan Buddhism. Learn the minimum stage of practice required for generating a line of tulkus.
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Tantra: Theory
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