Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism

The different views among the Indian Buddhist tenet systems concerning the difference between arhats’ and Buddhas’ understanding of the lack of an impossible “soul” of persons and phenomena.

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.

When voidness is cognized conceptually, its superficial truth appears; this is known as denumerable voidness. When voidness is cognized non-conceptually, an absolute absence of truly established existence appears; this is known as non-denumerable voidness.

Message from Ling Rinpoche

The four Tibetan traditions have much in common, with most of the differences coming down to their interpretations of cognition theory, voidness when cognized conceptually or non-conceptually, and the methods for attaining non-conceptual cognition of voidness.