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Geshe Michael Roach gives a really inspiring teaching at The Three jewels in New York City about 9 great ideas from different schools of ancient Indian Buddhism. Understanding these oftentimes subtle differences in the presentation of emptiness will deeply enhance your understanding and practice.
Outline of the 9 Great Ideas and time codes. Click on the time to go directly to each of the different ideas.
4:54 – (1) Is there any pure thing in this world?
Can we make the world pure?
Abhidharma Kosha
Treasure House of Higher Knowledge
Master Vasubandhu
1700 years ago
16:51 – (2) Not to stand
in a covered place:
both appearances,
and reality
Vinaya Sutra
The Book of Vowed Morality
Master Gunaprabha
1400 years ago
23:50 – (3) The layers of perception:
how real is the
second husband in the kitchen?
Pramana Vartika
A Commentary on Valid Perception
Master Dharmakirti
1350 years ago
36:59 – (4) What happens to the mind in nirvana?
Semtsam Kaney
Difficult Points in the Mind-Only
Je Tsongkapa
(1357-1419)
49:58 – (5) How long does the Wheel of Life last?
Abhisamaya Alankara
The Jewel of Realizations
Arya Asanga
1700 years ago
58:50 – (6) Couples:
Are we ever really
talking about the same
thing?
Yukti Shashtika
Sixty Verses on Reasoning
Arya Nagarjuna
1800 years ago
1:09:58 – (7) The impossibility
of the borders
of all possible things
Tongnyi Tatri
A Book of Meditations on Emptiness
Choney Lama Drakpa Shedrup
(1675-1748)
1:30:39 – (8) Four seals of approval:
changing pain,
selfless peace
Siddhanta Hirdaya
The Essence of the Schools of Thought
Choney Lama Drakpa Shedrup
(1675-1748)
1:39:42 – (9) After looking into the past,
the extra step
of avoiding any trace
of blaming
Lojong Tsunjay Korlo
The Crown of Knives
Master Dharmarakshita
1,000 years ago
1:30:39 – (8) Siddhanta Hirdaya
The Essence of the Schools of Thought
Choney Lama Drakpa Shedrup
(1675-1748)
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