Gelug

Based strictly on logic and scriptural references, Tsongkhapa radically re-interpreted almost everything in Buddhist philosophy, revising completely the understanding of Prasangika-Madhyamaka of his day, such as its teachings on cognition theory and voidness.

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.

A seminar on what karma actually means in terms of Vasubandhu and Nagarjuna’s presentations.

It’s very important to try to understand the various appearances of the mind, how they exist and do they correspond to reality or not.

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

The various Buddhist tenet systems and the non-Buddhist Advaita Vedanta system have different interpretations of non-duality stemming from their understanding of the nature of reality.

A question-and-answer session between Dr. Alexander Berzin and Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II on the Prasangika view of voidness according to the Gelugpa and Nyingma assertions.

Liberated beings (arhats) have attained a true stopping of all the emotional obscurations, but their mental continuums still contain the cognitive obscurations.

A detailed analysis of how to understand the networks of “pure-builder positive force” and “pure-builder deep awareness.”

The four Tibetan traditions have much in common, with most of the differences coming down to their interpretations of cognition theory, voidness when cognized conceptually or non-conceptually, and the methods for attaining non-conceptual cognition of voidness.