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University of Toronto Q&ADreams, Emptiness, and the Illusion of Everyday Reality | University of Toronto Q&A Session
University of Toronto Q&ADreams, Emptiness, and the Illusion of Everyday Reality | University of Toronto Q&A Session
Awakening
Buddhism
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MountSumeru
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TibetanBuddhism
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Overview
Chapters
00:07
Question about Mount Sumeru and heavens in Buddhist cosmology
00:29
Different cosmological models in Abhidharma and Kalachakra teachings
02:59
Question about the scale of the universe in the Diamond Sutra
03:14
The nature of emptiness allows countless worlds in one speck of dust
04:43
Question about the connection between dreams and the external universe
05:03
From a deeper view, daily waking life is merely a passing dream
06:42
Question regarding religious endorsement of the Big Bang and evolution
07:05
Science and diverse religious traditions exploring the truth of origins
09:44
Asking for sources predating Copernicus and Galileo on solar structure
10:04
Avatamsaka Sutra and ancient tantras containing early cosmic views
10:44
Question on how to deal with attachment in the mundane world
10:52
Strong attachment mixed with greed and anger brings severe suffering
12:16
Clarifying the Buddha's attainment from the Hinayana perspective
13:09
Explaining the tradition of exposing the right shoulder in monastic robes