Mar 16, 2015
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 80: Dwelling in sublime joy
How having a motivation to be of benefit to others enables us to have a…
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Q & A regarding ordination
A monastic aspirant is given advice on examining oneself for hidden negative motivations, and a…
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Overview and reading of “Buddhism: One Teacher...
A look at the topics in each chapter and a reading from the chapter on…
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Verse 79: Freeing the mind from attachment
On how attachment to the most trivial things binds our mind to cyclic existence.
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Exchanging self and others to develop bodhicitta
The disadvantages of self-centeredness, the benefits of cherishing others, and how these meditations lead us…
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Chapter 15: Verses 361-368
The credit card refutation. Using the example of a plastic credit card to refute an…
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Verse 78: The mind of equanimity
On how we can aspire to cultivate a mind that benefits others impartially, just as…
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Meditation on forgiveness
A third and final meditation for the Daily Dharma Gathering on how to cultivate internal…
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Verse 77: Freedom from fear
How those who are foolish fear that which does not need to be feared, and…
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Verse 76: The power of spiritual integrity
How developing our good qualities can help us to vanquish all of the afflictions that…
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Meditating on impermanence
How meditating on impermanence can help us to understand emptiness.
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Nine-point meditation for equalizing self and others
The nine points to meditate on to generate the attitude that sees others and one…
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