Philosophy
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Ven. Gang Xiao: The Mysteries of the Zhou Yi — Psychology, Chapter 4: The Rorschach Test — Different Eyes, Different Insights
Hermann Rorschach was born in 1884 in Zurich, Switzerland, and later became a practicing physician. His father was a painting teacher. In 1921, he invented the famous Rorschach inkblot test, but died in 1922 before he could pursue deeper...
ReadVen. Gang Xiao: The Mysteries of the Zhou Yi — Psychology, Chapter 3: The Free Association Method of Dream Analysis, Where the Benevolent See Benevolence and the Wise See Wisdom
The Free Association Method of Dream Analysis, Where the Benevolent See Benevolence and the Wise See Wisdom
ReadDharma Master Gangxiao: The Profound Mystery of the I Ching — Psychology, Chapter 2: The Psychological Principle of "The Benevolent See Benevolence, the Wise See Wisdom": "Selecting the Information One Needs"
The Psychological Principle of "The Benevolent See Benevolence, the Wise See Wisdom": "Selecting the Information One Needs"
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: Calming and Insight in the Northern Transmission of the Āgama Sūtras and Commentaries
Most people live in a world of "outward looking"—their gaze fixed always on others. When others please them, they're happy; when things don't go their way, they get angry. Without realizing it, they've become slaves to external condition...
ReadThe Practice of Samadhi Requires Both Cessation and Insight
There are many forms of the "perfection of samadhi," too many to cover completely here. Instead, I'll briefly outline three: first, worldly samadhi; second, trans-worldly samadhi; and third, supreme trans-worldly samadhi.
ReadProfessor Lin Chong-An: Selflessness and Emptiness — Lecture 5: The Selflessness and Emptiness of the Madhyamaka Prasangika School
Lecture 5
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: No-Self and Emptiness, Lecture 4: Refuting Real Existence and Intrinsic Existence
Self and Emptiness, Lecture 4
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: No-Self and Emptiness, Lecture Three — Refuting the Substantially Existent Self
Self and Emptiness, Lecture Three
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: No-Self and Emptiness, Lecture 2: Refuting the Self Identical to the Aggregates
Lin Chong'an (2007)
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: No-Self and Emptiness, Lecture 1: Refuting the Eternal Self, Abandoning the Self Separate from the Aggregates
Self and Emptiness, Lecture 1
ReadProf. Lin Chong-an: Essentials of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā in the *Yogācārabhūmi·Śrāvakabhūmi*, Part 2 — The Four Types of Vipaśyanā (Insight)
(2) The Four Types of Vipaśyanā (Insight)
ReadAttachment to Deep Emptiness Leads to Demonic Possession
What does this deep emptiness mean? Within his mind, he has grown utterly disgusted with every appearance of attainment. He longs to plunge into the realm of tranquil extinction, to merge completely with conditionless causes and conditio...
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