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The Life of Tsongkhapa
A portrait of the life and deeds of one of the most famous masters of Tibetan Buddhism.
in Tsongkhapa
The Links That Actualize a Samsaric Rebirth
Review of the First Link: Unawareness  We have started our discussion of these 12 links, and we saw that they describe the mechanism for how we generate our uncontrollably recurring aggregates – the body and mind and so on – of each lifetime, and specifically our tainted...
Part in Perpetuating Samsara: The 12 Links of Dependent Arising
The Links That Throw Us into Samsaric Rebirth
We were talking about the first link in this chain of dependent arising and we saw that this is the link of unawareness and it has to do with unawareness of how we and others exist. The main emphasis that we need to focus on is ourselves. We saw that there are two levels of...
Part in Perpetuating Samsara: The 12 Links of Dependent Arising
The Logic for Refuting the False “Me”
Negation Phenomena Now, we’re ready to go onto the second point of the four-point analysis, and this is becoming convinced of the logic that refutes that there is such a thing as these different levels of the impossible “me.” The logic for this derives from the definition of a...
Part in Refuting the False Me Experiencing the Four Noble Truths
The Mahamudra Prayer
The Third Karmapa’s verse text, traditionally memorized and recited by Karma Kagyu practitioners, consists of a series of prayers for gaining the circumstances conducive for success on each step of mahamudra meditation on the nature of the mind.
in Tantra Texts
The Main Features of Tantra
After completing preliminary practices and following an initiatory ceremony that activates our Buddha-nature potentials, along with taking bodhisattva and tantric vows, we transform our minds in tantra by imagining ourselves as a Buddha-figure and our environment as a mandala,...
in Tantra: Theory
The Main Points about Karma
Understanding the many factors that affect our karma, we can change what we experience in life as the result of our previous compulsive behavior.
in Karma & Rebirth
The Major Facets of Dzogchen
The Nyingma tradition of dzogchen is a complex of many lineages and teachings. Learn about the three lines of transmission, the three divisions of treasure texts, the three aspects and four types of rigpa, and other features adding to the richness of this tradition.
in Dzogchen: Advanced
The Mandala Offering of Request for a Teaching
We need first to understand what a Buddha-field or pure land is before offering a mandala.
in Preliminaries
The Meaning of Sangha
A detailed look at the different meanings of the term “Sangha” in the various Buddhist traditions.
in Refuge
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