The Basis for Valid Cognition of “Not-Yet-Happenings” As we have seen, one facet of a “karmic tendency for a result” is the karmic tendency’s “temporarily not-giving-rise to its result, so long as all the contributing circumstances for giving rise to it are incomplete.” That...

Review We’ve been speaking about conventional objects, which are things that can be validly known as this or that: as a teacher, as a student, as a given activity such as learning or teaching, as a given object such as a table or a chair, and as an adjective as well, such as...

Are There Common-Locus Objects Extending over the Three Times? Consider the location of a presently-happening object, such as the “presently-happening-yoghurt in the pot.” For ease of discussion, let us refer to “yoghurt in the pot” simply as “yoghurt.” Both the...

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche always used these verses from the “The Abridged Kalachakra Tantra” before beginning Kalachakra teachings and practice.

On this day of Vesak, commemorating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away, we remember his universal message of compassion, non-violence and interdependence – more relevant than ever in these challenging times.

Tsongkhapa’s refutations of the positions that over-refute or under-refute the object to be refuted in vipashyana meditation on voidness.

Learn about the various levels of using the imagination to give rise to the appearances of Buddha-figures, representing the Enlightening Form Bodies of a Buddha.

Many meditation practices involve visualization. “Visualization,” however, might be a bit of a misleading translation, because we’re not using our eyes. We’re working with our imagination, so it’s not just visual, but we have to imagine sounds, smells, tastes and physical...

Learn why Study Buddhism prefers the term “voidness” over “emptiness.”

Verses 12-14 Recap We have been studying Dharmarakshita’s text Wheel of Sharp Weapons, which is the earliest version of this genre of literature – lojong, attitude training. We have seen that bodhisattvas – bodhisattvas are those who are aimed at enlightenment, they have...