Nov 30, 2014

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 75: True heroes

How the mind of a spiritual practitioner stays steadfast amidst the glitter of worldly pleasures.

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Thangka image of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva.
Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Quiz: Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas, Chapter 10

Quiz questions for a review of chapter 10 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 74: Every moment matters

How we have autonomy in every moment to work against our habitual patterns and live…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Ethical conduct and precepts

The higher training of ethical conduct: the eight types of precepts taken for liberation, and…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 73: Buddhas-to-be

Cultivating a pure view of others and ourselves as future buddhas can be more realistic…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 14: Refuting extreme conceptions

Examining how phenomena and persons exist in relation to their attributes, and vice versa.

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Books

Interview on “Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Trad...

Tracy Simmons speaks to Venerable Thubten Chodron about her new book and why it would…

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Responding to Prejudice

We are all Michael Brown and Darren Wilson

Using the Dharma to process outrage at the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri to…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 72: The sweetest conversation

How to be mindful of our speech, our motivations when interacting with others, and cultivating…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 71: Living an exemplary life

Developing authentic care and concern for others. The progression from faking it to being it…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 70: The most respected of all beings

How we should respect those who are wise in the Dharma, and how our own…

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