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The Meaning of the Path of Dharma

Part Three - Emptiness, Bodhicitta and Buddha Nature

Lama Alan · 81 minutes

How the second turning follows from the first. Lama Alan traces the argument from the nun Vajira, who reduces a chariot to a label and with it everything else, through Nagasena and King Milinda to the Heart Sutra, where the aggregates are empty of inherent nature too. He gives the reason for the bodhisattva's turn, the father who is last out of the burning house, and what is needed to reach the path of accumulation. The third turning and Buddha nature follow, and Dzogchen the final point.

Buddha nature Consciousness and science Emptiness The bodhisattva path Bodhicitta practice Dzogchen

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