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Panorama of Buddhist Teachings

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  • About
  • Preliminaries
    • Ngondro
    • Precious Human Rebirth
    • Death and Impermanence
    • Suffering in Cyclic Existence
    • Actions: Cause and Effect
  • The Buddha
    • Buddha’s Pity
  • Cosmology
    • Rebirth
  • Karma
    • Insights into Karma
  • Four Realities
    • Suffering (Dukkha)
      • Three Marks of Existence
    • Origin of Suffering
      • Conditioned Arising
    • Cessation of Suffering
      • Nirvana
    • Path to End Suffering
      • Factors of the Eight-factored Path
  • Early Buddhism
  • Mahayana
    • Origin of Mahayana
    • Perfection of Wisdom
    • Tathagata-garbha
      • Tathagata-garbha (continued)
      • Self-Emptiness And Other-Emptiness
  • Tantra
  • Asian Buddhism
    • Pure Land Buddhism
  • Tibetan Buddhism
    • The Lamrim
    • Dzogchen
      • Mind and the Nature of Mind
  • Zen
  • Meditation
    • Qualities Developed by Meditation
    • Inspiration and Meditation
  • Other Topics
    • Death and Dying
    • The Spiritual Path
    • Self-Power and Other-Power
  • Resources
  • Galleries
  • Contact
    • Additional Background
    • Biographical Sketch
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Overview of Buddhism

Buddha ImageWelcome to this website seeking to present an overview of Buddhism, which is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition. It’s history covers over 2,500 years.

The website takes a general survey approach, presents fundamental ideas and practices, and in part reflects common ground among the different traditions of Buddhism.

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Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism: Its Origin and Development

Emptiness and the Perfection of Wisdom

Tathagata-garbha

The Tathagata-garbha: Overview

Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness

Background to the Lamrim

Dzogchen: A Selection of Four Books

Preliminaries

Precious Human Rebirth

Death and Impermanence

Suffering in Cyclic Existence

Actions: Cause and Effect

Ngondro

Mind and the Nature of Mind

The Tantric Perspective

The Spiritual Path: How To Follow

Buddhist Cosmology

Asian Buddhism

Self-Power and Other-Power

Rebirth

Karma

Buddha’s Pity

The Buddha

Four Realities

Suffering (Dukkha)

Three Marks of Existence

Origin of Suffering

Conditioned Arising

Cessation of Suffering

Nirvana

Path to End Suffering

Zen

Tibetan Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism

Meditation

Resources

Qualities Developed by Meditation

Mahayana

Inspiration and Meditation

Galleries

Factors of the Eight-factored Path

Insights into Karma

 

 

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Buddhism Overview

  • Home
  • About
  • Preliminaries
    • Ngondro
    • Precious Human Rebirth
    • Death and Impermanence
    • Suffering in Cyclic Existence
    • Actions: Cause and Effect
  • The Buddha
    • Buddha’s Pity
  • Cosmology
    • Rebirth
  • Karma
    • Insights into Karma
  • Four Realities
    • Suffering (Dukkha)
      • Three Marks of Existence
    • Origin of Suffering
      • Conditioned Arising
    • Cessation of Suffering
      • Nirvana
    • Path to End Suffering
      • Factors of the Eight-factored Path
  • Early Buddhism
  • Mahayana
    • Origin of Mahayana
    • Perfection of Wisdom
    • Tathagata-garbha
      • Tathagata-garbha (continued)
      • Self-Emptiness And Other-Emptiness
  • Tantra
  • Asian Buddhism
    • Pure Land Buddhism
  • Tibetan Buddhism
    • The Lamrim
    • Dzogchen
      • Mind and the Nature of Mind
  • Zen
  • Meditation
    • Qualities Developed by Meditation
    • Inspiration and Meditation
  • Other Topics
    • Death and Dying
    • The Spiritual Path
    • Self-Power and Other-Power
  • Resources
  • Galleries
  • Contact
    • Additional Background
    • Biographical Sketch
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