"As we have made the Mind (or awareness)-Only the opponent in the Middle Way's texts, we say it is a bad philosophy and we think that Nāgārjuna completely finished off the Mind-Only school and totally defeated them. Yet this blocks the door of our beginning to really investigate the Mind-Only school properly." "In Tibetan, we… Continue reading A ‘MASTERPIECE’ TIBETAN DEFENCE AND REVIVAL OF YOGACĀRĀ ‘MIND-ONLY’: Extensive Commentary on Indian master Vasubandhu’s ‘Thirty Verses of Mind-Only’ by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (Introduction/Day 1, January 2022)
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‘PROVING MIND-ONLY’ (成唯識論; Chéng Wéishì Lùn), Xuanzang’s translation and commentary of Vasubhandu’s ‘Thirty Verses’ and its ten great Indian Commentaries (17th Karmapa’s teaching, January 2023, Day One)
The mind is like an artist; The mind makes the aggregates. All these worlds that there are In the universe are painted by mind. --from the Avataṃsaka Sutra "The purpose of my journey is not to obtain personal offerings. It is because I regretted, in my country, the Buddhist doctrine was imperfect and the scriptures… Continue reading ‘PROVING MIND-ONLY’ (成唯識論; Chéng Wéishì Lùn), Xuanzang’s translation and commentary of Vasubhandu’s ‘Thirty Verses’ and its ten great Indian Commentaries (17th Karmapa’s teaching, January 2023, Day One)
A KAGYU NEW YEAR FESTIVE FEAST OF DHARMA DELIGHTS! Full transmission of Gampopa’s Collected works by 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche and 17th Karmapa’s teaching on the Thirty Verses by Vasubandhu
“Read well the ‘Collected Works of Gampopa‘, the crown jewel of all the Kagyu. These teachings on the union of Kadampa and Māhamudrā are more wondrous and greater in blessings than other works and termas. The Kagyu masters of the past all received siddhi through these profound teachings. Meeting the Buddha’s teachings through the compassion… Continue reading A KAGYU NEW YEAR FESTIVE FEAST OF DHARMA DELIGHTS! Full transmission of Gampopa’s Collected works by 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche and 17th Karmapa’s teaching on the Thirty Verses by Vasubandhu
‘MIND-ONLY’ PHILOSOPHY IN TIBET (PART I): Translation of Mind-Only texts into Tibetan, reasons why the Mind-Only School did not spread in Tibet, inaccurate explanations in Tibet of the Mind-Only view; and the classification of the five Dharmas of Maitreya (17th Karmapa teaching, Day 7, 2022))
"We think that the Mind-Only (Cittamatra) is just as it appears to the Middle Way (Madhyamaka) proponents. This is a rather dictatorial way of looking at it. It seems the Tibetans have not really treated the Middle Way that objectively or fairly. That is how I see it." "In brief, the situation that occurred is… Continue reading ‘MIND-ONLY’ PHILOSOPHY IN TIBET (PART I): Translation of Mind-Only texts into Tibetan, reasons why the Mind-Only School did not spread in Tibet, inaccurate explanations in Tibet of the Mind-Only view; and the classification of the five Dharmas of Maitreya (17th Karmapa teaching, Day 7, 2022))