Tenet Systems

We can view sectarianism in Buddhism superficially but looking at it deeply, we discover it to be a complex issue.

To know how to cognize voidness, both conceptually and non-conceptually, and thus how to rid ourselves of the true causes of our true sufferings, we need to know the steps that each Indian Buddhist tenet system explains for the meditative process for realizing voidness.

Within Hinayana and Mahayana schools there are different categories and presentations of nirvana.

The Prasangika refutation of the so-called “false self” provides the subtlest, most sophisticated deconstruction of this misconceived version of how we and others exist. In order to understand fully the Prasangika view, we need to go step by step through the grosser...

The Indian Buddhist tenet systems present graded levels of understanding of how things exist like an illusion, which we can use in our daily lives.

An overview of the ninth chapter of “Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior” concerning the Prasangika Madhyamaka view of voidness.

An advanced, detailed presentation, according to the various Buddhist tenet systems, of the practitioners’ progress in terms of the “five paths.” These five refer to the five levels of pathway minds we achieve, which lead to liberation and enlightenment.

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.

Progressive understanding of the two truths as asserted by the four Indian Buddhist tenet systems helps for deconstructing deceptive appearances.

The non-conceptual understanding of voidness will stop the tainted aggregates from uncontrollably recurring.