Mar 30, 2015

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 87: Protecting the Dharma jewel

How the Dharma teachings that we have heard, thought, and meditated on are the most…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The bodhisattva precepts: Part 1

What it means to take and observe the bodhisattva vows. Explanation of the 18 root…

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A year of living with an open heart

A study guide to encourage readers to form groups and delve into wealth of material…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 86: Powerful ambrosia

Closing the gap between listening to teachings and putting them into practice.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 16: Refuting remaining counter-arguments

Refuting the remaining misconceptions of inherent existence and emptiness, particularly the wrong view that emptiness…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 85: Precious and rare medicine

Why we should appreciate true and beneficial words that point out our faults instead of…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 84: Good role models

How to seek out good role models in our lives, and also how to receive…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 83: Examining the self-centered mind

The importance of looking closely at the self-centered mind that destroys all our happiness.

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 82: Impulsiveness

On how conscientiousness and forethought contribute to beneficial behavior, whereas impulsiveness only brings about the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 15: Verses 369-375

Refuting inherent existence by examining the process of arising and that which is in the…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 81: The flying horse

Thinking deeply about whether we truly have a precious human life, and whether we are…

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