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What is Dharma?

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Lama Yeshe discusses the real meaning of Dharma and the nature of the mind in this discourse given at Chenrezig Institute, Eudlo, Australia, on September 8, 1979.

Categories Lama Thubten Yeshe Tags buddha nature, consciousness, dharma, dharma practice, mind, two truths

What is the Mind?

January 28, 2026June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

His Holiness explains the Buddhist concept of mind to the participants of a Mind Science symposium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Categories HH Dalai Lama Tags causality, consciousness, dependent origination, karma, mind

Happiness, Karma and Mind

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

A teaching given on how to gain happiness and the path to liberation from suffering during the Second Dharma Celebration, November 5th-8th 1982, New Delhi, India.

Categories HH Dalai Lama Tags happiness, karma, mind

Overcoming Negative Emotions

September 23, 2023June 6, 2017 by TFTblog

A compilation of advice about Dharma studies and practice

Categories Uncategorized Tags anger, attachment, delusions, fear, impermanence, mind, negative emotions, virtue

How Things Exist

May 11, 2023May 23, 2017 by TFTblog

Teachings on the Heart Sutra, a Perfection of Wisdom text.

Categories Uncategorized Tags dependent arising, mind, two truths

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