Time and the Universe

Review We were speaking this morning about deepest bodhichitta. We saw that it was not enough just to have relative bodhichitta, either: Just the aspiring state in which we aspire to attain our not-yet-happening enlightenment Or, in addition,...

The Basis for Valid Cognition of Not-Yet-Happenings (Continued)  We have been talking about the basis for an imputation phenomenon and the basis for a negation phenomenon in terms of the not-yet-happening of a karmic result of a karmic action. The mental continuum is the...

Introduction Given the above analysis of the three times and what the omniscient awareness of a Buddha cognizes when validly cognizing the three times, several questions arise concerning the relation between this analysis and the modern theories of quantum mechanics. In order...

Brief Review of the Initial Scope We have been speaking about a person of the initial level of motivation. The verse in the text is: (3) Anyone who takes keen interest in himself or herself (achieving), by some means, merely the happiness of uncontrollably recurring samsara is...

Learn about the distinct features of the Tibetan almanac such as the “arising from the vowels” system, special dates and combination and action periods.

How the topic of karma is to be understood in relation to the issue of free will versus determinism.

The Yoga school of Indian philosophy shares the basic assertions of the Samkhya system, such as concerning primal matter, the self and liberation, but adds to the system the supreme god Ishvara, equivalent to Shiva.

Things appear in deceptive ways but we can see how they actually exist with an understanding of the Buddhist analysis of the various types of phenomena there are.

The Mahayana and Theravada presentation of the points on which the Buddha remained silent, since to answer them would only create confusion in the minds of questioners.

A Q&A with Dr. Berzin and his students about the relationship between Buddhism and science, with specific examples of points that they share in common.