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Words on
the way of Zen

Reflections on practice, tradition, and the everyday path of Zen.

Practice9 min

Professor Lin Chong'an: An Inquiry into the *Madhyamakāvatāra*'s Refutation of a Substantively Existent Self

Lin Chong'an

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Practice19 min

Master Gang Xiao: Lecture Notes on the Mahāyāna Hundred Dharmas Treatise, Part III

Now let's continue with the fourth category of mental factors—the afflictions (烦恼). There are six of them.

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Chan18 min

Professor Lin Chong'an: Channa's Doubts

Lin Chong'an

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Practice5 min

Prof. Lin Chong'an: The Rope and the Snake Analogy

Lin Chong-an, 2007

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Practice14 min

Venerable Gangxiao: *Mahayana Treatise on the One Hundred Dharmas That Illuminate the Gate to True Nature* – Lecture Notes, Part 1

Before turning to this Mahāyāna Śata-Dharma Prakāśa-Mukha-Śāstra, I quietly took stock of how much our group already knows about the Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) school. Not bad—everyone has a broad, systematic grasp of it. So we won't ...

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Philosophy1 min

Professor Lin Chong'an: The Computer Before Us and Its Dependent Origination and Emptiness

眼前计算机的缘起性空

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Practice4 min

Professor Lin Chong'an: Preface to *Tibetan Madhyamaka Studies — The Profound View of the Madhyamakāvatāra*

A distinctive feature of Tibetan Buddhist scholarship is its penetrating analysis of the correct view in Madhyamaka, its careful uncovering of the difficult points within Buddhist doctrine, and its elucidation of the profound meaning of ...

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Practice3 min

Master Gangxiao: An Error in the Two Chinese Hetuvidya Treatises

Gangxiao

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Practice62 min

Master Gangxiao: Examples of the Strengths and Weaknesses in Ouyi's Buddhist Logic

Gang Xiao

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Practice20 min

Master Gangxiao: A Millennium of Debate — The Trajectory of Ancient Hetuvidyā

A Millennium of Debate

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Practice20 min

Professor Lin Chong'an: The Essence of the Dharmaskandha

Lin Chong-an

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Practice1 min

How to Protect Your Skin from the Sun This Spring

Many people know to protect their skin from the sun in summer. Yet most don't realize that tanning actually starts in spring. Spring may not bring summer's blazing heat, but it's dry and windy, and UV rays are especially strong between 1...

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