Nov 20, 2015
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Establishing a daily practice
How to integrate the Dharma into our daily lives from the time we wake up…
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The qualities of the Three Jewels
How to cultivate and deepen refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha by reflecting on…
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Chapter 2: Verses 109-114
Using the metaphor of the magician casting a spell to show how things appear truly…
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Making wise decisions
Key principles that we can use to make decisions that will create the causes of…
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Gambling and other addictions
Expanding on the precept not to take intoxicants to include other activities, such as gambling,…
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The eight one-day precepts
The eight Mahayana precepts that Buddhist practitioners may take.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Too precious to lose
A call for compassion for the young perpetrators of terrorist acts in France.
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit and Chinese tradi...
Meditative absorptions beyond the ninth stage of sustained attention, and meditative paths to the union…
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit tradition
Advantageous preparations, postural position, and objects for meditation, and five faults that interfere with attaining…
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Pali teachings
Eight meditative liberations that temporarily suppress afflictions, and the super-knowledges and their compassionate purpose.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi A prayer for the world
A look at the attacks in Paris in the context of violence around the world.
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Process, barriers, and sig...
The five hindrances. their antidotes and five absorption factors, and the four jhānas and the…
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