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Gelug
“Gelug” found in 66 documents
The Gelug Understanding of Svatantrika
Introduction Concerning the life of Tsongkhapa, one of the most important points is what a great revolutionary Tsongkhapa was. Through all his tremendous efforts in meditation, and preliminary practices, building up positive force and so on, he gained a newer and deeper...
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Elaboration of the Special Features of Gelug
The Two Essential Natures: Gelug Prasangika
The Need for Understanding Correctly the Two TruthsTo gain a true stopping (‘gog-bden; true cessation) of suffering and thus attain liberation, we need to gain a true stopping of unawareness (ma-rig-pa; ignorance) and of the rest of the emotional obscurations (nyon-sgrib) that...
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The Two Truths: Gelug Prasangika
A Mere Making of Appearances and Cognizing Them
The Meaning of “Mind” in Buddhism I’ve been asked to come here this weekend to teach about appearances (snang-ba), how the mind makes appearances and the various problems that are associated with that. This is not a very simple topic, because in fact all our problems come...
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The Nature of Appearances: Gelug Explanation
Basic Distinctions among Cognitive Objects
Historical Introduction The Buddhist teachings on cognition theory and logic derive from the works of the late 5th-century Indian master Dignaga and of Dharmakirti, the late-6th century disciple of his disciple. Dignaga wrote A Compendium of Validly Cognizing Minds (Tshad-ma...
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Objects of Cognition: Advanced Gelug and Non-Gelug Presentations
The Efficiency of General Tantra: Gelug
[As background, see: The Main Features of Tantra] Methodology Tantra is well known as being a quicker and more efficient method for achieving enlightenment than is sutra. To appreciate tantra and put full enthusiasm into its practice in a realistic manner, it is important...
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Why Tantra Is More Efficient Than Sutra
The Three Types of Phenomena: Gelug Chittamatra
Atomic Particles Among forms of physical phenomena are atomic particles (rdul-phran). Although atomic particles do not exist as external phenomena; nevertheless, visible objects, such as clay vases, are made of them. Unlike the Vaibhashika and Sautrantika assertion of atomic...
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Basic Features of the Gelug Chittamatra System
The Five Buddha-Family Traits: General Anuttarayoga Tantra
The Five Systems of Five Buddha-Families We’ve seen that when we speak about the five Buddha-families, if we look at it from the dimension of what will develop into all the aspects of a Buddha, we have this one set of five: mental activity, good qualities, verbal expression,...
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Using the Five Buddha-Family Traits in Daily Life
Definitions of the Two Truths: Gelug Prasangika
Definition of the Two TruthsDeepest TruthA mind that analyzes the deepest nature of a knowable phenomenon takes as its involved object (‘jug-yul) its deepest essential nature, i.e. it takes the voidness of the phenomenon as the main object with which it cognitively engages....
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The Two Truths: Gelug Prasangika
Gelug Cognition Theory and Understanding of Emptiness
Cognition TheoryTsongkhapa was really a revolutionary reformer who basically reinterpreted many, many of the teachings, particularly on Prasangika. He also very radically reformed the understanding and explanation of cognition theory, of how we know things. This cognition...
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Elaboration of the Special Features of Gelug
The Need for Revising Asanga's Presentation of Karma
Review We are continuing our discussion of what karma actually means. We discussed the presentation the Indian master Asanga made within the context of the Chittamatra system of tenets. If we translate Chittamatra literally, it means “mind-only.” We saw that, in this system,...
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Mechanism of Karma: Vasubandhu and Nagarjuna’s Presentations
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