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Also available as an eBook for Apple and Google. Mind and Its World I begins a detailed analysis of the subjective side of experience. It examines mind and how it perceives its world in valid and invalid ways based on the Classifications of Mind, which provides divisions and definitions of the types of mind identified in the epistemological tradition of Dignaga and Dharmakirti. The key point is the discernment of the aspects of mind that validly perceive things the way they are, which are distinguished from those aspects of mind that are mistaken and tainted by fundamental delusion, and thus keep one bound in samsara. It also introduces the two Hinayana philosophical systems, the Vaibhashika and Sautrantika schools, covering the two truths and the process of perception. Selected readings, analytical meditations, study questions, review summaries are included in the sourcebook. -
A commentary by Āchārya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen -
This expanded second edition features the profound oral commentary by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche on the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (Unraveling the Intent of the Buddha), a crucial sūtra for the Yogācāra tradition. This transcript now includes Rinpoche's teachings on the prologue, the first five chapters, which illuminate the five defining characteristics of ultimate reality and the presentation of the all-base consciousness, as well as Chapter Eight, which delves into the topic of meditation. Presented with remarkable clarity and detail, Rinpoche's commentary is accompanied by the oral translation of Mitra Tyler Dewar and the root text translation by Gregory Forgues. This edition is published with the generous patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, ensuring the accuracy and accessibility of this vital text. -
Author: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
A presentation of the philosophical tenets of the Madhyamaka tradition of the Mahayana. Based on sections of Jamgön Kongtrul’s Lodrö Thaye’s Treasury of Knowledge, this text focuses on the Madhyamaka presentation of the two truths, the views of the subschools of the tradition (Prasangika and Svatantrika), and the fundamental understanding of emptiness. Includes root text and commentary by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye, translated by Karl Brunnhölzl. -
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A commentary by Ācārya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
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Author: Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé Translator: Karl Brunnhölzl
A root text based on sections of Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye’s Treasury of Knowledge. It systematically presents the Madhyamaka view of the two truths, the assertions of the subschools of the tradition, and formulates the emptiness reasonings.
