Geshe Sonam Rinchen

Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way

With Commentary by Gyel-tsap

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• Aryadeva,
• Gyel-tsap,
• Geshe Sonam Rinchen

Gyel-tsap Dar-ma-rin-chen states that Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas was written to explain how, according to Nagarjuna, the practice of the stages of yogic deeds enables those with Mahayana motivation to attain Buddhahood. Both Nagarjuna and Aryadeva urge those who…  Read More

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How Karma Works

The Twelve Links of Dependent-Arising

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• Geshe Sonam Rinchen

We all want to find happiness and be free from suffering. Happiness comes from positive mental states and actions, and suffering from the opposite. The twelve-part process of dependent arising shows how actions underlain by ignorance propel us from one…  Read More

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The Three Principal Aspects of the Path

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• Geshe Sonam Rinchen

The wish for freedom, the altruistic intention, and the wisdom realizing emptiness constitute the essence of the Buddhist path. In this teaching, Geshe Sonam Rinchen explains, in clear and readily accessible terms, Je Tsongkhapa’s (1357–1419) famed presentation of these three…  Read More

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