Aug 30, 2018
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Supporting the Dharma practitioner
There is merit in supporting the Dharma practitioner, but we also need to practice the…
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Practice, study, and offer service
Each of us needs to find the right combination of study, practice, and service that…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice: The source of h...
Because source of happiness and suffering is our own mind, the way to find happiness…
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Commitments and monotony
We need to keep up our practice because the benefit comes from its cumulative effect.
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Happiness through renunciation
What do we renounce? We renounce the afflictive mental states that cause negative karma.
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The meaning of enlightenment
A small part of enlightenment can be just the intention to let go of our…
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Relationships with parents
Meditating on the kindness of our parents is recommended as one way to develop bodhicitta.…
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False friends
There are four kinds of false friends, who are actually foes in the guise of…
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About attachment
Attachment can be one of the three poisons, or it can be a virtuous aspiration.…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Review of external matter
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a review of 'External Matter', one of the sub-divisions of 'Functioning…
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