Apr 10, 2021

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Three questions about the self

Teaching from Chapter 1, covering “Is There a Self?” and “Is There a Beginning to…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

How to study the teachings

Commencing the teaching from "Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature" the third volume of the Library…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

How to listen to teachings

Basic lamrim topics such as motivation and the correct way of listening to the teachings.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Joyous effort, concentration & wisdom

Covering Verses 14-18 of Chapter 5 'Guarding Introspection,' discussing the perfections of joyous effort, concentration,…

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Venerable Pende standing next to Venerable Chodron, holding her robes and smiling.
Becoming a Monastic

Seniority in the sangha

Reflection on the monastic hierarchy helps a "baby" nun to grow in her Dharma practice.

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Science and Buddhism

Does ethics matter in science and technology?

How the ethics of non-harming apply in the fields of information technology, scientific research, and…

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Helping the Dying and Deceased

End-of-life care

How can we approach the difficult process of making end-of-life care decisions regarding loved ones?

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Barbed wire in a garden.
By Incarcerated People

Prison labor

Today's prisons provide few chances for rehabilitation, instead using incarcerated people for cheap labor. One…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Reaching out with compassion

How extending yourself to another living being pulls you outside yourself and opens the door…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on compassion in action

A guided meditation to get in touch with the feeling of compassion and put it…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

The path of the initial level practitioner

Teaching the concluding sections, covering "A Deeper Perspective on Causality" and 'The Path of the…

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