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28 04, 2021

No Ground For The Two Realities (Part 2 of 2)
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No Ground For The Two Realities (Part 2 of 2)

Nirzhar Pradhan2021-08-19T12:43:21-07:00Categories: Advanced Curriculum, Blog, Buddhist Studies, Karl Brunnholzl, Summer Institute|Tags: Centrist, Consequentialists, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Karl Brunnholzl, Madhyamaka, realities, Relative reality, selflessness, Ultimate reality|

This excerpt is copyrighted material, please do not use or copy without written permission from Nitartha Publications. The following is an excerpt from The Center Of the Sunlit Sky by Karl Brunnholzl. This course is an exposition of the Middle Way philosophical tradition, based on Part One of The Center of the Sunlit Sky, expressed as the ground, path and fruition of Madhyamaka. Students explore classification of knowable objects into the two realities and cultivate certainty in the view of emptiness of all phenomena, formulating the five great Madhyamaka reasonings. The course includes presentation of personal identitylessness, the sevenfold analysis of the chariot. No Ground For

28 04, 2021

No Ground For The Two Realities (Part 1 of 2)
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No Ground For The Two Realities (Part 1 of 2)

Nirzhar Pradhan2021-08-19T12:44:13-07:00Categories: Advanced Curriculum, Blog, Buddhist Studies, Karl Brunnholzl, Summer Institute|Tags: Centrist, Consequentialists, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Karl Brunnholzl, Madhyamaka, realities, Relative reality, selflessness, Ultimate reality|

This excerpt is copyrighted material, please do not use or copy without written permission from Nitartha Publications. The following is an excerpt from The Center Of the Sunlit Sky by Karl Brunnholzl. This course is an exposition of the Middle Way philosophical tradition, based on Part One of The Center of the Sunlit Sky, expressed as the ground, path and fruition of Madhyamaka. Students explore classification of knowable objects into the two realities and cultivate certainty in the view of emptiness of all phenomena, formulating the five great Madhyamaka reasonings. The course includes presentation of personal identitylessness, the sevenfold analysis of the chariot. No Ground For

21 04, 2021

Explanation Of Generalities
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Explanation Of Generalities

Nirzhar Pradhan2021-08-19T12:45:08-07:00Categories: Abhidharma, Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Blog, Buddhist Studies, Mind & Its World, Summer Institute|Tags: Abhidharma, Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Lorik, Mind & its World, Pramana, selflessness|

This excerpt is copyrighted material, please do not use or copy without written permission from Nitartha Publications. This course completes the introductory exposition of topics drawn from the Pramāna and Abhidhama traditions, based on the Classifications of Mind and Collected Topics root text. It provides students with the tools for delineating conceptual and non-conceptual mind in meditation, known as the essential modes of engagement of mind. This is followed by the exposition of Buddhist psychology —classification of consciousness into primary minds and mental events. EXPLANATION OF GENERALITIES Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen Some of the definitions in the Lorik differ from the definitions given in the Collected

13 04, 2021

Explanation Of The Seventh Consciousness
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Explanation Of The Seventh Consciousness

Nirzhar Pradhan2024-09-19T11:13:06-07:00Categories: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Blog, Buddhist Studies, Cittamatra, Consciousness, Featured, Mind Only|Tags: 7th consciousness, Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Consciousness, Eight consciousnesses, Mind, selflessness|

This excerpt is copyrighted material, please do not use or copy without written permission from Nitartha Publications. The following is an excerpt from 2008 Commentary on Mind Only Tenet System by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. This is included in the section, Ways Of Asserting Perceiving Minds III, of the sourcebook we use in our Cittamatra course. Some topics we learn about in details in the course are: Distinctions of the greater and lesser vehicles Mind only scriptural sources, definition The meaning of the term “mind only,” examples Mind only school reasonings Real aspectarians and false aspectarians Presentation of the three natures Definition of mind; self-awareness All-base

9 03, 2021

How To Look For The Self In The Skandhas
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How To Look For The Self In The Skandhas

admin2024-09-19T11:10:44-07:00Categories: Analytical Meditation, Blog, Buddhist Studies, Consciousness, Self-Paced Online Course|Tags: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Jirka Hladis, selflessness, skandhas|

This excerpt is copyrighted material, please do not use or copy without written permission from Nitartha Publications. This is a continuation of the presentation of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche from Nitartha Institute, July-August 2007, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. Arranged by Jirka Hladiš How to Look for the Self in the Skandhas Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche It would be good for us to practice this meditation today by concentrating first on the question: “Where does the thought that apprehends the self arise from in the beginning?” If we find that our thoughts self originate within the five skandhas, then we should search through each of the

1 02, 2021

Meditation On Selflessness
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Meditation On Selflessness

admin2021-06-16T09:02:02-07:00Categories: Acharya Kelsang Wangdi, Blog, Buddhist Studies, Foundation Curriculum, Mind & Its World, Sautrantika, Self-Paced Online Course, Semester Course, Shedra, Valid Cognition|Tags: Acharya Sherab Gyaltsen, Consciousness, Lorik, Mind & its World, Online Buddhist studies, Sautrantika, selflessness, Valid cognition|

Manifest & Hidden Phenomena This excerpt is copyrighted material, please do not use or copy without written permission from Nitartha Publications.This excerpt is from our sourcebook we use for Mind & Its World IV class. This course is an extensive exposition of the Sautrantika philosophical tradition, based on the expanded version of The Gateway that Reveals the Philosophical Traditions to Fresh Minds root text. MEDITATION ON SELFLESSNESS By ACHARYA KELSANG WANGDI Personal selflessness can be explained in three contexts: the twelve links of dependent origination. the four noble truths or the four realities. the sixteen aspects of the four realities. Here, we begin with body and mind.