Aug 9, 2016
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The “Ratthapala Sutta”
Venerable Thubten Chodron brings to life the "Ratthapala Sutta" from the Pali Canon for our…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa How to be a good Dharma student
Venerable Thubten Tarpa shares what has helped her over the years of her ordained life…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Letting go of clinging to identities
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal shares how the recent Medicine Buddha retreat prompted her to work with…
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Precepts and the afflictions
The benefits of the precepts, focusing on how they help us with our afflictions and…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Planning for ordination
Venerable Thubten Damcho shares some of the advice she received regarding preparing and planning to…
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The benefits of establishing precepts
The reasons that the Buddha cited for establishing monastic precepts, for the benefit of practitioners…
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Venerable Thubten Jampa Working with sexual attachment
Venerable Thubten Jampa shares verses from Nagarjuna's "Precious Garland" that have helped her with working…
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The six harmonies of the sangha
The fundamental principles that bring about harmony in the sangha community.
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Taking rebirth from the intermediate state
The transition from the intermediate state to a new rebirth based on explanations in the…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Don’t make me swarm!
Venerable Thubten Samten shares how she overcame her struggle with the Abbey's practice of "swarming"…
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The value of a sangha community
How living in a sangha community supports monastic life, and how a sangha community benefits…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Giving up the ping-pong of afflictions
Venerable Thubten Jigme shares how living in a monastic community helps us with our habitual…
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