May 29, 2002
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Venerable Thubten Chodron General characteristics of karma
Karma is definite, expandable, doesn't get lost, and results from the causes that we have…
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Imagining your death
The Buddhist practice of meditation on our own deaths can free our minds from the…
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Nine-point death meditation
By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…
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Rarity of a precious human rebirth
Contemplating the rarity of a precious human life complete with both the ability and the…
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Precious human rebirth
How we can use our precious human life to advance ourselves on the Dharma path.
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Extraordinary aspiration: The seven-limb practice
A powerful practice from the King of Prayers that can be done daily to purify…
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The eight worldly concerns
How to work with mental obstacles that keep us from practicing the Dharma.
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Renunciation
We are stuck in cyclic existence. Through the teachings, we see the problems of cyclic…
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Introduction to the seven-limb practice
Seven ways to purify the mind and to accumulate merit, the purpose and ways of…
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The preliminaries
How the Buddhist teachings plant in our minds the seed of the realizations that will…
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