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"
Teachings
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"
Various Illnesses
Advice on practices which may be beneficial for a range of illnesses and health problems. Please note: the advice is not intended to replace medical treatment. Always contact your health care professional if you have health concerns.
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Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Various Illnesses
Children's Illnesses
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Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Children's Illnesses
Cardiac Arrhythmia
Failure to Thrive
Negative Thoughts, Anxiety and Depression
Practices for Baby's Health
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Chronic Fatigue
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Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Chronic Fatigue
Exhausted by Chronic Fatigue
Past Karma Ripening
Practices for Chronic Fatigue and Other Conditions
Pujas for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Urogenital and Menstrual Conditions
Advice for Kidney Stones
Benign Tumors on Uterus
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
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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"
Chapters:
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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Seeking the "I"
Self-grasping ignorance believes the I to be concrete and inherently existent
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Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Searching for the I
The I appears to exist, but it can't be found anywhere on the aggregates
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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"
Who Are You and Where Can You Be Found?
Investigating the nature of the self or I, which exists in mere name on a collection of parts.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"