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Two Truths
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Svatantrika and Prasangika: The Two Truths
Madhyamaka-Svatantrika Madhyamaka is divided into two schools according to the Gelug presentation of it. We have Svatantrika and Prasangika, and Svatantrika is divided also into two: Sautrantika-Svatantrika and Yogachara-Svatantrika. Sautrantika-Svatantrika accepts externally...
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The Four Buddhist Tenet Systems Regarding the Two Truths
Studying the Two Truths in Chittamatra
Brief Review Our text is Bodhisattvacharyavatara, Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior, by the great master Shantideva. This is one of the texts in a collection of three known as “The Root, Engaging, and the Four” as previously explained. This text has ten chapters, and we are...
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Studying Shantideva’s Presentation of Emptiness – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Fine Points about the Two Truths: Gelug Prasangika
The Two Truths Have the Same Essential Nature When the statement is made that the two truths have the same essential nature (ngo-bo gcig), but different conceptual isolates (ldog-pa tha-dad), it does not mean that they are referring to the same essential nature. It is not that...
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The Two Truths: Gelug Prasangika
Mahamudra Meditation on the Conventional Nature of Mind
Preliminaries for Shamatha Meditation The text continues with a full discussion of the sutra tradition of mahamudra, And so for this (sutra tradition of mahamudra), out of the two methods, namely seeking a meditative state on top of having gained a correct view (of voidness)...
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Commentary on “A Root Text for Mahamudra” – The Dalai Lama
The Deeper Levels of Mahamudra Meditation
Mahamudra Meditation on the Conventional Nature of Mind The mahamudra realization is never "Just live naturally like an animal. Just see and hear, and have no thoughts." That is not it at all. Furthermore, even if we are able, through the initial mahamudra methods, to...
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The Practical Application of Mahamudra
The Nature of Appearances: Madhyamaka & Highest Tantra
Review We have been speaking about appearances in conceptual and non-conceptual cognition. We got the basic mechanism with the Sautrantika presentation and in the Chittamatra variation on it we had just a few things that were different, specifically concerning the natal...
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The Nature of Appearances: Gelug Explanation
Subsequent Attainment in Mahamudra Meditation
Recognizing Anything to Which Mind Gives Rise The Fourth Panchen Lama next explains how to cultivate seeing everything to be like illusion with the deep awareness we subsequently attain after we arise from total absorption on voidness. We cultivate this during our so-called...
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Commentary on “A Root Text for Mahamudra” – The Dalai Lama
Analysis of Emptiness for Mahamudra Meditation
We have now covered the meditation on the superficial or conventional nature of the mind or mental activity. Now we’re ready to look a little bit at the meditation on the deepest nature of the mind. The Two Natures of the Mind or Two Truths about the Mind When we talk...
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Commentary on “Root Text for Mahamudra” – Dr. Berzin
Mahamudra: Intensive Meditation vs a Life of Service
Working to Benefit Others As the Fully Enlightened Buddha has said, "Refrain from all negativities and build up everything positive. By relying on this, one becomes enlightened." This is a fundamental point of Buddha's teachings. We all wish to be happy, and nobody wishes...
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A Discourse on “Autocommentary to ‘A Root Text for Mahamudra’” – The Dalai Lama
Mahamudra: The Lack of a True Identity of the Self
Removing the Obstacles Preventing Liberation and Enlightenment The Fourth Panchen Lama now continues with the method for gaining a decisive understanding of the deepest devoid nature of mind in accordance with the intentions of Chandrakirti and other masters of the...
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A Discourse on “Autocommentary to ‘A Root Text for Mahamudra’” – The Dalai Lama
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