Robyn Brentano

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  • in reply to: Book recommendations. #31878
    Robyn Brentano
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    I’m finding the second part of CUTTING THROUGH APPEARANCES is very clear and helpful.

    This book presents the practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhism. First is a meditation manual written by the Fourth Pan-chen Lama (1781–1852), based on Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path, which covers the daily practice of Tibetan monks and yogis. It details how to properly conduct a meditation session that contains the entire scope of the Buddhist path. Next is the Presentation of Tenets, written by Gon-chok-jik-may-wang-bo. It covers Indian Buddhist schools, as viewed in Tibet, and provides a solid introduction to the Buddhist theory animating the practice. Topics include the two truths, consciousness, hindrances to enlightenment, paths to freedom, and fruits of practice.
    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224271/cutting-through-appearances-by-geshe-lhundup-sopa/

    Robyn Brentano
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    Thanks Jared for your response to Laura. Great conversation. I could follow right up to “Like knowingness, emptiness is always an ’emptiness of…’ rather than ’emptiness’ by itself, and due to this, it is also merely conventionally existent.” I don’t follow the conclusion you’ve reached about emptiness being conventionally existent. If I understood Geshe la correctly in his teaching on the Six Perfections [6/6], he pointed out that, while dependent origination provides a way of understanding emptiness, emptiness itself, as a mere absence of inherent existence in anything, is an ultimate truth. To say that something lacks inherent existence is different from making an affirmative statement (such as dependent origination) about phenomena on the level of conventional reality. I’ve never studied epistemology, so I may be mixing apples and oranges here. Your thoughts?

    in reply to: Karma and 12 Links (extra teachings) #23769
    Robyn Brentano
    Participant

    Hi Tahlia, if you open Jackie’s email of 5/14, the links to the videos are there.
    Enjoy!

    in reply to: Introduce yourself! #19869
    Robyn Brentano
    Participant

    Hello everyone, I’m Robyn, living in upstate New York, and very grateful to be able to study Lam Rim with Geshe Namdak and to share this precious learning process with all of you. I’m an old Dharma student (Kopan 1975) but very much in need of the rigor and structure of the Basic Program to refresh my knowledge and integrate it with daily life. Many thanks to the Jamyang organizers and discussion group leaders for making this Program possible.

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