How We Create Ignorance
In this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses ignorance, the root of samsara.
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Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
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Basic Buddhism Is Discovering Your Self (Video)
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that we live our entire life grasping at the real I, but in Buddhism we learn that the way the self appears is a total hallucination.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Seeing How the I Exists
The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
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Why We Need A Spiritual Path (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
Teachings given at Tara Institute, Australia on June 2, 2006.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Chapters:
Emptiness; How Lama Atisha Came to Tibet
Dromtonpa; Searching For the I
Analyzing How the I and Aggregates Exist
Emptiness and Impermanence in Daily Life
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Ego, Attachment and Liberation
Teachings and meditations given by Lama Yeshe at a five-day meditation retreat in Australia.
Chapters:
Ego, Attachment and Liberation
Ego, Attachment and Liberation: Editor's Introduction
Chapter One: Making Space for Wisdom
Chapter Two: Techniques for the Meditation Session and the Break
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Seeking the "I"
Self-grasping ignorance believes the I to be concrete and inherently existent
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Searching for the I
The I appears to exist, but it can't be found anywhere on the aggregates
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
In Search of the Self
Geshe Ngawang Dargyey gave this teaching on the nature of the self at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, Delhi, in 1980.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Meditation Session Techniques (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Two of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation."
Making Space for Wisdom (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter One of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Give Your Ego the Wisdom Eye (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Three of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Your Mental Bureaucracy (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Four of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Questions and Answers (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Five of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Every Problem on Earth Comes from Attachment (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Six of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Developing Equilibrium (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Seven of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."