3.1 Abhidharma - the Kosha School - Sept. 26, 2019

Link to archive.org (Internet Archive) version of The Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy by Junjiro Takakusu:

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.188621/page/n65

3.2 Abhidharma, Sautrantikas, Yogacara, modernity, nature, community - October 3, 2019

(Some audio difficulties, especially: silent space from 00:05:20 - 00:07:15)

A few notes:

• Sautrantikas (also named the Sarvasunyavada: sarva = all / everything; sunyata = emptiness; vada = completely)
  • Two-fold emptiness
    • emptiness of self
    • emptiness of phenomena
  • Also introduced two truths:
    • emptiness or ultimate / absolute
    • relative or how the world appears to us
• Abhidharma picked up in the Mahayana schools
  • Yogacara
    • Vasubandhu
    • Asanga
    • Three Natures
      • Moment to moment reality, always moving, changing
      • Our thoughts about what's happening = unreality, spinning the mind
      • Ultimate reality is real
        • Dharmakaya
          • abiding
          • unborn
          • undying

3.3 Reading from Glimpses of Abhidharma by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche - October 10, 2019

3.4 Rupa Skandha - Form - October 17, 2019

3.5 Vedana Skandha - Feeling - October 24, 2019

3.6 Samja Skandha - Perception - November 7, 2019