Nov 21, 2014

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The five afflictive views

The five wrong views that get in the way of our understanding conventional and ultimate…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 69: The best speaker of all

How hearing, thinking and meditating are crucial in helping us to integrate the Dharma into…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 320-325

Refuting the true existence of the aggregate of discrimination that discerns sense objects. Showing how…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 68: The one with intense discipline

How to work with our rationalizing mind that tries to make excuses to follow our…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 67: The wise and skilled teacher

The importance of finding our own internal wisdom, integrating the Dharma into our lives so…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The second noble truth: the root afflictions

Looking at the six root afflictions—the causes of problems in this life and future lives.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 312-320

Refuting inherent existence by analyzing how visual and auditory objects are perceived.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The first noble truth: Our situation in samsara

Looking at the reality of our present situation will motivate us seek authentic happiness.

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Venerable Jampa walking outside and smiling.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

Rejoicing in living at Sravasti Abbey

Venerable Thubten Jampa shares how living at the Abbey and practicing with the community has…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 307-311

Refuting the inherent existence of visual objects as well as of the eye sense faculty…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Working with anger

Examining how the source of our anger is our own mind, and that we have…

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