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    • 3. The Constructed World
    • 4. The Architecture of Release
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    • Buddhism, Karma and Enlightenment
    • Consciousness, Mind, and Self
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    • The Structure of Reality
    • The Gospel of Thomas
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Buddhism, Karma and Enlightenment

This section explores Buddhist teachings, the nature of karma, stages of enlightenment, and the deeper structures of liberation.

  • A Metaphor Pointing Towards Buddha Nature
  • A closer look at karma
  • An introduction to Karma
  • An introduction to the law of dependent origination
  • Defining the Higher Path
  • Differences between the Arahant and Bodhisattva
  • Emptiness
  • Impermanence
  • Impermanence (2)
  • Karma as a vast conditional process
  • Pain and the arahant
  • Papanca
  • The 12 path factors
  • The 72 ultimate dharmas
  • The Abhidhamma
  • The Bodhisattva
  • The Brahmacarya or Brahma’s Chariot
  • The Diamond Sutra
  • The extinction of karma
  • The five aggregates (skandhas)
  • The five subtle fetters
  • The Fourth Dharma (part one)
  • The great mirror of wisdom
  • The gross fetters
  • The Heart Sutra
  • The Illusory Nature of the Skandhas
  • The metaphor of the raft
  • The Parable of the Buddha’s Chariot
  • The Skandha Demons
  • The Surangama Sutra
  • The ten fetters
  • The ten fetters (continued)
  • The Three Kayas
  • The two mechanisms of enlightenment
  • The Wheel of Sharp Weapons
  • Types of fully enlightened being
  • Unskillful karma
  • What is Enlightenment?
  • What is Spiritual Enlightenment?
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