May 31, 2018

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Hidden phenomena and manifest phenomena

Continuation of Chapter 10, covering the section “The Division of Existents into Hidden Phenomena and…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Love, compassion, and total commitment

The three levels of love, compassion, and total commitment, and the eight precepts of aspiring…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Closeness to others

How recognizing the kindness of others develops a sense of closeness to them.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Compassion as an antidote to anger

The antidotes to anger as the first step towards cultivating compassion for all sentient beings.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

A bucket in a well

Explaining the analogy of cyclic existence as a bucket in a well, focusing on karma…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Feeling empathy

Comparing rebirth in cyclic existence to a bucket going up and down a well.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Review of three kinds of dependent arising

Review of the three levels of dependent arising and the role of conceptuality in mistaken…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Specifically and generally characterized phenomena

Continuing with Chapter 10, covering the section “The Division of Existents into Specifically Characterized Phenomena…

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Cover of the book Approaching the Buddhist Path.
Books

“Approaching the Buddhist Path”: Book re...

A reading from the first book of the multi-volume The Library of Wisdom and Compassion…

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Venerable Chodron and other Abbey monastics sitting on meditation cushions and reading a text.
Monastic Life

Why monastics matter in the modern world

Venerable Thubten Chodron explains how the role of monastics today is not much different than…

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Speaking Wisely and Kindly

The third nonvirtue of speech: Harsh speech (part 3)

Harsh speech sometimes happens in close relationships. In a marital argument, both parties feel hurt…

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