Aug 31, 2019

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2019

Sensual desire and malice

Walking meditation instructions, sitting meditation posture, and the first two hindrances to developing concentration.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2019

Conditions conducive for developing concentration

The six conditions conducive for developing concentration and selecting an object of meditation - either…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Prayers, rituals, and practice

Discussing how to relate to prayer and ritual in Buddhist practice, and the three-step method…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Debate in action

Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Reverse system proving the Buddha as authority

Verse 146 of the Pramanavarttika, forward and reverse systems establishing the Buddha as an authority.

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

The Buddha as savior

Verses 145 and 146 of the Pramanavarttika, including compassion as the proof of Buddha as…

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

The Buddha as Sugata

Verses 139-145 of the Pramanavarttika, including the three special qualities of a Buddha’s abandonment of…

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

The Buddha as teacher

Verses 134-139 of the Pramanavarttika, including the Buddha's complete clarity about the flaws and good…

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Forward system proving the Buddha as authority

Verses 131-133 of the Pramanavarttika, including the importance of consistency and intention for developing compassion.

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Buddha’s infinite accustomation to compassion

Verses 119-131 of the Pramanavarttika, including how qualities like love and compassion can increase infinitely.

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Identifying the cause of a future life’s body

Verses 114-118 of the Pramanavarttika, including five sense faculties as the cause of the next…

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Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

A summary of previous explanations

Verses 107-113 of the Pramanavarttika, including refuting the idea that the mind arises from the…

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