Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
About Buddhist Teachings
It is said that the Buddha gave more than 84,000 teachings on how to attain liberation and full awakening. We are fortunate to have qualified living teachers who can explain these teachings and show us how to put them into practice in modern life.
Here, you’ll find everything from an introduction to the Buddhist worldview to in-depth commentaries from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition on the stages of the path to awakening, thought training, and Buddhist philosophy. Explore commentaries pages here.
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Bodhisattva Path
How to become a bodhisattva, a great being intent on attaining full awakening for the benefit of all beings.
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Buddhist Worldview
An overview of core Buddhist concepts: the four truths of the aryas, rebirth, karma, refuge, and more.
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For Young People
Teachings from the annual Young Adults Explore Buddhism program and talks especially for youths.
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Library of Wisdom and Compassion
Teachings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s commentary on the stages of the path for a Western audience.
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New to Buddhism
Short talks introducing the Buddhist worldview and teachings based on Venerable Thubten Chodron’s introductory books.
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Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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Thought Training
Teachings that help us transform our minds to see people and events we find challenging from a Dharma perspective.
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Wisdom
Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Refuting inherence in inner and outer objects
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe discusses the refutation of inherent existence of various inner and outer objects.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Overcoming our rules of the universe
Examining our "rules of the universe" and how we create the causes for suffering.
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Overcoming the internal enemies
How to overcome polluted karma, hinderances and false conception.
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The enemy of self-grasping and self-centeredness
How we can identify and work with self-grasping and self-centeredness.
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Seize the enemy!
Giving our suffering to the self-centered thought and calling upon Yamantaka.
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Renouncing worldly life
Why renunciation is crucial and how to identify self-grasping and self-centeredness.
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The 37 Harmonies and Good Karma verses 45-46
Explaining verses 45-46 from "Good Karma" and describing 37 Harmonies from Chapter 11.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Logical Proof of Dependent Arising
Applying reasoning to refute inherent existence of phenomena.
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Inherently pleasurable things don’t exist
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe discusses the lack of inherent pleasure within samsara and explains its’ refutations.
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The dance between mindfulness and introspection
Explaining the dependent relationship between mindfulness and introspective awareness, teaching from Chapter 11.
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Selflessness of phenomena & proof of dependent ...
That which arises dependently is free of inherent existence.
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People most worthy of compassion
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how to treat those who commit great negativities.
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