Voidness, or emptiness, is the total absence of impossible ways of existing, such as self-established inherent existence, while mental labeling is how we account for the conventional existence of things as “this” or “that.”

Exercise to Enhance the Five Types of Deep Awareness In the last session we spoke about enhancing the five types of deep awareness in terms of directing them toward others. However, we can also enhance them toward ourselves. We’ll begin with an exercise, because it’s far more...

Application of Methods to a Friend We’ve applied our three methods to somebody with whom we are acquainted but don’t have a deep relationship. We don’t have such strong mental and emotional associations concerning them. Far more challenging are our interactions with people...

Rejoice at being free to work on improving yourself, to get over self-pity.

To meditate on our precious human life, we first need to learn the defining characteristics of one.

All apprehensions explicitly apprehend one or more involved objects. Not all, however, implicitly apprehend anything.

Buddhist practice requires a balance of intellectual, emotional and devotional approaches.

How to gain the most from tantric practice when lacking a traditional Buddhist background.

Nowadays, some people are calling for a modification in the traditional Buddhist list of destructive actions. Does this fit with the aims of Buddhist ethics?

Each of the 32 major marks (signs) and the 80 exemplary minor marks (features) has a corresponding cause in terms of constructive actions practiced in previous lives.