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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Refuting the Vaisesikas and Samkhyas

Completion of commentary on the refutation of Vaisesika views and beginning of commentary on refutation…

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Cultivating Compassion

Embracing common humanity

A talk about the practice of equalizing self and others, its benefits, and overcoming fear…

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Cultivating Compassion

Self-compassion

What self-compassion is and what it is not, plus a discussion on obstacles to self-compassion…

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Cultivating Compassion

Compassion, empathy, and attachment

Guided meditations on compassion, the difference between compassion and empathy, and compassion practice in Mahayana…

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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Identifying anxiety

The path from worry to fear and anxiety, and the stories we tell ourselves along…

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Cultivating Compassion

When compassion arises

A talk about what compassion is, where the word comes from, and what happens when…

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

A refutation of Vaisesika soteriology

Completion of commentary on the section "Self and Suffering” and beginning the section on “A…

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Self and suffering, part 2 with questions and answers

Continued commentary on the section "Self and Suffering” and Venerable Thubten Chodron answers questions.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Equanimity and bodhicitta

The great scope practices with a meditation on equanimity, plus the first steps in the…

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