Jul 6, 2019

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2019

“Letter to a Friend”: Verses 29-34

Venerable Thubten Chodron covers verses 29-34 of Nagarjuna’s “Letter to a Friend.”

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 3-6

Continuing commentary on verses 3-6 of the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation by Geshe Langri…

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2019

“Letter to a Friend”: Verses 1-28 review

Review of Verses 1-28 of Nagarjuna’s “Letter to a Friend,” which were covered in the…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Review of loving kindness

Venerable Thubten Nyima reviews the section in Chapter 3 on loving-kindness, giving commentary to the…

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Venerable standing behind a podium with a photograph of the Sravasti Abbey community projected behind her.
Living in Community

The six harmonies: Setting the stage for living toge...

The six harmonies help people come together to create a spiritual community with the conditions…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Virtuous mental factors #7-11

Venerable Sangye Khadro explains virtuous mental factors #7-11, encouraging discussion about how to cultivate them…

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Sun shines through the trees in the Winter.
Illumination of the Thought

Developing three kinds of compassion

A commentary on verses from Chandrakirti’s "Supplement to the Middle Way" explaining three kinds of…

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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

The ripening of karma

The workings of karma including what karma ripens first, definite and indefinite karma, when karma…

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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

The three results of karma

Thinking about the long-term results of our actions helps us pause and think before we…

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