Dec 31, 2016

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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2016-17

Why do we suffer?

Describing how ignorance is the root of our suffering and how purification helps us to…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Great resolve and bodhicitta

The last two steps of the seven-point cause and effect instruction to generate bodhicitta.

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Travels

Reflections from Asian teaching tour

Venerables Thubten Chodron and Thubten Damcho share their experience on a recent trip, traveling throughout…

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Stephen listening to a teaching and smiling.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

Self-acceptance

A student contemplates connecting with his own experience in order to develop compassion for others.

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Group of youth in Singapore listening to a teaching.
For Young People

Dharma in daily life: Questions and answers with Bud...

How to apply Dharma principles to daily life situations and decisions common to young people.

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Nuns at Jangchub Choeling, listening to a teaching.
Living in Community

Living in community as Dharma practice

A talk to Tibetan nuns about community living at Sravasti Abbey and how nuns can…

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Group of students sitting together.
Contentment and Happiness

What it means to be happy—a talk with young students

Real happiness doesn't come from external things but from developing inner qualities and making the…

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