May 31, 2021

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Nuns performing the bimonthly confession of precepts at Sravasti Abbey.
Monastic Rites

Posadha at Sravasti Abbey

An explanation of the ritual known as posadha, during which monastics purify and restore their…

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: A bodhisattva’s courage

The heroism of bodhisattvas and how to gradually train the mind to look at the…

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: Buddha nature

How the two types of buddha nature are the basis for change and awakening. The…

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Contentment and Happiness

Who’s responsible for my suffering?

How to create the causes for happiness by changing our perspective and actions.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: Karma and its effects

The meaning of karma, its four principles, three branches, and three kinds of results. How…

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: The eight worldly concerns

How subduing the eight worldly concerns is the first step in living a spiritual or…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

View of a personal identity

Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the view of a personal identity covering the coarse and…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

The filth of the body

Covers Verses 5.60-5.70, discussing how to cultivate a sense of the body's lack of cleanliness,…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Resolute and stable

Covering Verses 5.54-5.60 on how to be resolute in the Dharma practice, cultivate mental stability,…

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Venerable Sangye Khadro smiling while teaching in front of a thangka.
Buddhist Meditation 101

Meditation 101: Advice for daily meditation practice

Advice for establishing a daily meditation practice and the four parts of a practice session.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The root afflictions: Ignorance

Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, describing different meanings of ignorance and explaining deluded doubt.

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