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The Three Levels of Dependent Origination
The three levels of dependent origination are classified from the grossest to the subtlest as follows: 1. Causal Dependent Origination…
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Ultimate Analysis of the Flower: the Mental Electron Microscope
In the process of ultimate analysis (don dam dpyod byed kyi tshad ma), the practitioner employs a mental “electron microscope”…
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The Four Noble Truths
The Truth of Suffering The Truth of the Cause of Suffering The Truth of the Cessation of Suffering The Truth…
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The Cause of Suffering: the Dream and the iPhone
Ceasing of karmas and afflictions is liberation. Karmas and afflictions arise from conceptual thoughts. These arise from elaboration (of grasping…
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How to See Emptiness: the Metaphor of the Four Stages
How to See Emptiness: The Metaphor of the Four Stages Whitish waves — when they subside. This is the metaphor…
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What is Emptiness? Passing Through Two Gates
To understand this topic, one needs to pass through two gates. You ask yourself two questions: Do things exist? The…
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Emptiness, Dependent Origination and the Middle Way
To understand how Emptiness (stong pa nyid) equals Dependent Origination (rten ‘brel), the sources provide the following five points of…
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What is Buddhism?
PLACEHOLDER — sample entry for design review, not a real teaching. a short, plainly written orientation for someone who has…
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What is Karma?
PLACEHOLDER — sample entry for design review, not a real teaching. a correction of the popular misreading of karma as…
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What is Emptiness?
PLACEHOLDER — sample entry for design review, not a real teaching. a first approach to emptiness that does not collapse…
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What is Bodhicitta?
PLACEHOLDER — sample entry for design review, not a real teaching. an account of the awakening mind as an aspiration…
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The Elephant and the Monkey: a Story About a Calm Mind
PLACEHOLDER — sample entry for design review, not a real teaching. a retelling of the elephant-taming image of shamatha for…
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Why Do We Say Thank You to a Bee?
PLACEHOLDER — sample entry for design review, not a real teaching. an introduction to dependence and gratitude, written for young…