Mental Factors

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Stages of Bodhichitta
Corresponding to the two truths as defined in the Mahayana tenets, there are two bodhichitta aims: conventional and deepest.
in Bodhichitta
Self-Transformation through the Lam-rim Graded Stages
The lam-rim, or graded stages of the Buddhist path, take us from an ordinary limited being to a fully enlightened Buddha.
in The Graded Path
Working with Mental Factors in Daily Life
If we are aware of the ten mental factors that are involved with every single moment of our experience, we can mold situations in such a way that they optimize the experience.
in Mind & Mental Factors
Elaboration of “Types of Appearances Mind Gives Rise To”
Our minds give rise to many different kinds of appearances. To avoid confusion, we need to recognize and discriminate among the various different ways in which our minds make things appear to us.
in Mental Appearances
Types of Appearances Mind Gives Rise To: Gelug Explanation
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.
in Mental Appearances
Commentary on “Compendium of Ways of Knowing” – Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
This eighteenth century text concerns the mind and the ways in which it knows things, and is written from the point of view of the Gelug interpretation of the True Aspectarian branch of the Sautrantika tenet system of Indian Buddhism.
in Ways of Knowing
Primary Minds and the 51 Mental Factors
Mental activity is made up of six types of consciousness that are aware of an object as being a sight, a sound, and so on, and 51 types of mental factors that qualify or help with the cognition of that object.
in Mind & Mental Factors
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