Giving commentary to Verses 32-41, showing how reflecting on death can help clarify what is important in life and inspire us to practice the Dharma
Regretting negativity by reflecting on death
These are the latest articles with video on this website, but you might be able to find even more recent videos on our YouTube channel. Also watch Venerable Thubten Chodron teaching the Dharma on live video every week.
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These are the latest articles with video on this website, but you might be able to find even more recent videos on our YouTube channel. Also watch Venerable Thubten Chodron teaching the Dharma on live video every week.
Removing barriers to forgiveness
Discussing what gets in the way of forgiving others and responsibility for our harmful actions
Mental non-virtues
Teaching three mental non-virtues and the four branches required for a complete act of killing and stealing.
Four opponent powers
Covering Verses 2.27-2.31 on the four opponent powers of purification.
General characteristics of Karma
Teaching from the sections “General Characteristics of Karma” and “Specific Characteristics of Karma” in Chapter 10.
Different kinds of refuge
Teaching on the different kinds of refuge – causal and resultant, and final and provisional (Verses 2.21-2.26)
An Open-Hearted Life: Working with judgement and partiality
A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and how we can recondition ourselves to see others more accurately.
Meditation on compassion and personal distress
Meditation on distinguishing between compassion and personal distress at the suffering of others with ways to increase compassion and remedy personal distress.
Karma and its effects
Starting Chapter 10, “Karma and its Effects”, describing the three principles of cause and effect.
Making sensuous offerings to the Buddhas
Covering Verses 2.7-2.21 about mentally emanated offerings for Buddhas and bodhisattvas, including common and peerless offerings that delight the senses