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An Open-Hearted Life

The seven-point instruction of cause and effect

How to reflect on the first three steps of the seven-point instruction to recognize the…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

More debate practice

The Abbey community practices the debates they wrote with each other.

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Role models

Teaching from the last two sections of Chapter 9, on memorization, debate, and role models.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Practicing the defender’s answers

Helping the class practice different answers that the defender can give in response to statements…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Prayers, rituals, and practice

Discussing how to relate to prayer and ritual in Buddhist practice, and the three-step method…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Debate in action

Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.

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Venerable holding a microphone and smiling while teaching at Gardenia Center.
Books

Making life meaningful by connecting with others

How doing even small positive things can make a difference in the lives of others…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Faith, purification, and merit

Continuing the teaching from Chapter 9, 'Tools for the Path', exploring the ideas of faith,…

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Ven. Sangye Khadro smiling and holding a text while teaching at Gardenia Center.
Thought Training

Thought transformation: Changing perspective when pr...

How thought transformation practices can be used to transform problems into something useful and beneficial.

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