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.
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Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Overcoming Obstacles
Advice and practices to remove obstacles to success.
Changing Feng Shui
Clearing Obstacles from the House
Eviction from Land
Feng Shui and Practices to Remove Obstacles
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Acute Mental Illness
Advice and practices to benefit people struggling with a mental health condition.
Daughter with Anorexia
Eating Disorder
Hallucinations and Bizarre Behavior
Hearing Voices
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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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Seeing How the I Exists
The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind
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Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
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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"
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.
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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.
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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
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"