Jun 16, 2018

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Venerable Chodron sitting in a chair, holding a book and teaching.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

Buddhist monastics in the Inland Northwest

How Sravasti Abbey found a home in rural Washington and the purpose of a Buddhist…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Real and unreal

Continuing to teach on emptiness, introducing the division of "real" and "unreal."

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Venerable Chodron standing with participants of the 2018 Young Adult Week.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Ethical conduct and karma

How our behavior has effects for ourselves and others. Collective karma and the groups we…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Nonexistents

Exploring what "bad" means through a syllogism, and teaches on the category of "non-existents."

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Venerable Chodron standing with participants of the 2018 Young Adult Week.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Planting seeds to understand the Dharma

How to create the causes to have the opportunity to hear Dharma teachings and the…

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A group of young adults sitting at a table discussing teachings.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Training the mind to see things more accurately

If we can see situations more accurately, we won't have unrealistic expectations and we can…

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Dr. Kolts and Venerable Lamsel smiling.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Helping others feel safe through compassion

Dr. Russel Kolts on the meaning of compassion and building a compassionate culture for people…

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Four young adults smiling in the back of a pickup truck.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Becoming the person we want to be

It’s impossible not to change. With a clear motivation we can steer that change to…

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Venerable Lamsel smiling and talking to a friend.
A Nun's Life

The power of an idea

Halfway around the world from the Abbey, the idea that people are living an alternative…

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Venerable Damcho smiling.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Benefiting others starts with motivation

How the Buddhist approach to benefiting others starts with motivation. Working with the mind to…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Review of cultivating insight into emptiness

Venerable Thubten Semkye reviews the first two teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron on the wisdom…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Review of definitions

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a review of the definitions and relationships between the seven divisions…

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