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Benefits of practicing the Pratimoksha
Explaining the different Vinaya schools, also how the practice of Vinaya and having limits helps…
View PostThe Pratimoksha ethical code
Explaining the Pratimoksha ethical code, for lay practitioners and monastics, continuing the teaching from Chapter…
View PostHow a Tibetan Buddhist nun works with her anger
Venerable Chodron is interviewed on anger and its antidotes.
View PostReview of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha
Leading a review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha to meditate on these meaningful epithets.
View PostHarmonizing criminal defendants’ imbalanced si...
An interview with a defense lawyer about Buddhism and inmates.
View PostTwelve ways to apply compassion in society
How to apply compassion to improve areas of common concern in society.
View PostMeditation on equanimity and compassion
A guided meditation to develop compassion for everyone.
View PostThe importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
View PostBodhisattva’s refuge and ethical conduct
Explaining a bodhisattva’s refuge, from Chapter 3 and giving an overview of the three higher…
View PostCommon guidelines and maintaining proper refuge
Explaining the common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge, teaching from Chapter 3.
View PostBringing compassion into every moment
Practical ways to bring compassion into everyday life.
View PostMeditation on how compassion changes us
Guided contemplation on how compassion has changed our life and views.
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