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"
A Message from Khadro-la
Khadro-la wrote this message to explain the purpose of a series of ritual practices she initiated in order to pacify and extinguish the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transforming the Adverse Conditions of the Coronavirus into the Path
This supplication was composed by Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme) on March 30, 2020, at the request of friends around the world.
Practices for Protection and Healing
Advice and practices to remove obstacles to health and success in life, for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Blessed Water and Long-life Puja
Blessed Water for Cancer Patient
Blessing Water
Health and Financial Obstacles
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Healers and Healing
Advice given to those who practice healing or have been healed.
A Discussion About Healing
Buddhism and Healing
Compassion is Most Important for Healing Others
Connection With Kuan Yin
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Eliminating Life Obstacles
Advice for Life Obstacles
Amitayus Long Life Practices for Elderly Mother
Amitayus Long Life Sutra and White Tara Practice
Amitayus and Tara Practices for Life Obstacles
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Practices for Pacifying Sickness
Black Garuda Mantra and Visualization
Black Garuda and Offering Water to the Nagas
Buddha Images and Chenrezig Mantra for Brother's Health
Chronic Illness
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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"