Indian Non-Buddhist Tenets

All major religions try to answer the questions around what the self is and where it comes from. The Dalai Lama advises us to develop respect for each of the different traditions in order to know the essence of these religions and thus appreciate their value.

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.

The ancient Indian teachings on the mind, emotions, cognition, and logic can be of great benefit to the modern world.

Chakrasamvara (Heruka) is a mother tantra practice of anuttarayoga tantra. It provides the most detail about the methods for generating the four levels of blissful awareness of voidness within the central energy-channel, enabling access to the subtlest level of mind, clear...

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

Buddhist and Hindu tantra practice share many of the same methods, such as working with the energy-winds, channels and chakras of the subtle energy-system. The most distinctive differences between them are the ultimate aim of the practice and the understanding of reality.

All the Indian traditions, including Buddhism, deal with the nature of the self. Examining the non-Buddhist positions on the topic, such as those of Samkhya and Nyaya, and contrasting them with the Buddhist assertions, is the method used for gaining accuracy and decisiveness...

Vajrabhairava (Yamantaka), the forceful form of Manjushri, is a father anuttarayoga tantra practice emphasizing methods for overcoming obstacles. In the Gelug tradition, it is the container within which all protector deity practices, as well as the combined practice of...

The health of a society arises dependently on each of its members developing a healthy mind and sense of ethics. See how the various world religions would tackle a disaster in accord with their own system of ethics.

Summary of the approaches of theistic and nontheistic religions toward teaching their followers ethics as the foundation for taking social responsibility for the common good and environmental protection.