Transcript of the teachings by Geshe ChonyiRoot text

Likewise, with respect to emptiness, on the basis of having a very clear recognition of the object of refutation, the “I” that appears to the ignorant mind,

For example, we can say that the aggregates are not truly existent because they are not truly established as one nor are they

For a person who has not realised emptiness, in that person’s mind, there is a valid cogniser apprehending person. This person will then be like the person who is under the spell of

The hungry ghost apprehending pus is a valid mind; the human being’s apprehension of water is a valid mind and likewise, the god’s apprehension of nectar is a valid mind.. We are

 the realisation that a reflection of a face in the mirror is not the actual face does not constitute the realisation of the emptiness of that reflection because in order to

Whilst realising that that person (i.e., a conventional phenomenon) is empty of existing inherently, within that understanding, if one is able to posit that this person can

 However, while the reasoning consciousness is able to negate ex- actly the inherent existence of the subject, due to the power of this realisation, there can be another mind

Through this process of reasoning, when one is able to arrive at the conclusion that a person or the “I” does not exist in the way it ap- pears to one, i.e., that it is empty