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Sautrantika
18 Articles
Vaibhashika and Sautrantika: The Two Truths
The two truths are a quite complex and deep topic within the sphere of Buddhism and I would like to try to present them in a practical way, trying to indicate that these are not just a topic of intellectual interest, but of practical use. We are aiming in Buddhist practice to...
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The Four Buddhist Tenet Systems Regarding the Two Truths
Vaibhashika and Sautrantika: The Self
Introduction When we look at the concept of the self in Buddhism, we need to analyze it from the points of view of the four schools of the Indian tenet systems. We’re going to refine our understanding further and further as we work our way through these schools. When we speak...
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The Four Buddhist Tenet Systems Regarding the Self
General Application of the Seven Ways of Knowing
Introduction Our topic for this weekend is “ways of knowing” or lorig in Tibetan. This is a very helpful topic because it deals with how we know anything, how we know that what we know is correct, and how we know that it is decisive. It very much affects how we proceed on the...
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Elaboration of “Lorig: Ways of Knowing”
A Mere Making of Appearances and Cognizing Them
The Meaning of “Mind” in Buddhism I’ve been asked to come here this weekend to teach about appearances (snang-ba), how the mind makes appearances and the various problems that are associated with that. This is not a very simple topic, because in fact all our problems come...
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The Nature of Appearances: Gelug Explanation
Basic Distinctions among Cognitive Objects
Historical Introduction The Buddhist teachings on cognition theory and logic derive from the works of the late 5th-century Indian master Dignaga and of Dharmakirti, the late-6th century disciple of his disciple. Dignaga wrote A Compendium of Validly Cognizing Minds (Tshad-ma...
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Objects of Cognition: Advanced Gelug and Non-Gelug Presentations
Distinctions in Terms of Ways of Cognizing
Decisive Determination and Apprehension A decisive determination (nges-shes, determining cognition) is a cognition that ascertains (nges-pa) its own object (rang-yul) correctly by decisively cutting it off from incorrect interpolations (sgro-’dogs bcad-pa) that it is something...
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Objects of Cognition: Advanced Gelug and Non-Gelug Presentations
Deceptive Appearances: Sautrantika
Review We’ve been speaking about appearances and how the mind is involved with that. We’ve seen that when we speak about appearances, we’re speaking about something that appears to the mind and has a deep relationship with mind. And when we speak about mind, we’re speaking...
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The Nature of Appearances: Gelug Explanation
Objects in Non-conceptual Cognition
Mental Holograms in Non-conceptual Cognition In sensory non-conceptual cognition, an external object (phyi-don) casts (gtod) a mental aspect (rnam-pa) – or mental impression, mental image – of itself on the sensory consciousness that cognizes it. Mental aspects or images are...
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Objects of Cognition: Advanced Gelug and Non-Gelug Presentations
The Nature of Appearances: Sautrantika & Chittamatra
We’ve been speaking in depth about mental appearances or holograms that arise in both non-conceptual and conceptual cognition, and we’ve seen that it’s rather complex. Before we go any further, perhaps it might be a good thing to ask if you’ve understood at least something...
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The Nature of Appearances: Gelug Explanation
The Subtle False “Me” Refuted Only by Gelug Prasangika
Review: First Level of the Four Point Analysis: Refuting the Coarse Impossible "Me" and the Subtle Impossible "Me" We have refuted now the coarse impossible "me," which is doctrinally-based and coming together with that are the twenty forms of this deluded attitude towards the...
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Refuting the False Me Experiencing the Four Noble Truths
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