The Actual Decisive Determination of the Very Nature of Reality The actual decisive determination of the very nature of reality is divided into three sections: Identifying the Object to Be Refuted by Reasoning How Svatantrika and Prasangika Make the Refutation of It How To...

Refuting Those for Whom What Is Identified as the Object to Be Refuted Is Under-Pervasive Qualm: Some claim that the object to be refuted is a self-establishing nature, but (only) one that has the following three characteristics:  Its essential nature (of what it is) has...

The Continuity of the Conventional “Me” According to the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition, we have a conventional “me,” which is actually an abstraction that is an imputation on the everchanging stream of continuity of the five aggregate factors that make up each moment of our...

Review  The Fourth Panchen Lama has divided his text into the preparation practices, the actual material and the concluding procedures; in the presentation of the actual body of the material, he specified the various divisions of mahamudra, specifying that there’s a sutra...

To put a safe direction in life, we need to correctly identify the Three Precious Gems.

Sautrantika, as presented by Vasubandhu, and Chittamatra, as presented by Asanga, agree with Vaibhashika that ignorance is an anti-knowing mental factor that merely stupefies the mind.

According to Vaibhashika, ignorance is an anti-knowing mental factor that merely stupefies the mind regarding the four noble truths.

Review of the Need for Understanding the 12 Links  The 12 links of dependent arising describe how true suffering, the first noble truth, comes about from the true origin or cause of suffering, the second noble truth.  True suffering refers to the aggregate factors of...

The facts of impermanence touch every aspect of relationships with others. When we understand these facts, we can relate in a healthy, realistic manner.

During Life and at Death: The Dharma Is Our Guide We will now continue with the Training for How to Meditate on Impermanence, Written in Verse: (24) The Dharma is your guide on a path unknown; the Dharma is your food on a journey, arduous and long. The Dharma is your protector...