May 20, 2021

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Karma and virtue

Karma and how it functions, including the ten virtues and non-virtues.

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

Meditation 101: Types of meditation

Instruction on the nine-round breathing meditation with guided analytical meditation on dealing with disturbing emotions.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Finding the best in other people

How to improve relationships with others by recognizing and focusing on their good qualities.

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on responding with compassion

A guided meditation to help bring more compassion to relationships and interactions with others.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Taking refuge

An extensive talk about refuge and various aspects of faith as it relates to the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

How to act when afflictions arise

Covers Verses 46-54 of Chapter 5 discussing skilful ways to act when afflictions arise

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Monastic Life

The value of monastic life and communities in the 21...

In modern Western society, monastics support their communities in part by acting as the conscience…

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Introduction to Tantra

Receiving an initiation

What does it mean to receive a tantric initiation? Types of initiation and the qualities…

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

Meditation 101: Meditation on the mind like the sky

Explanation of the meditation on the mind like the sky followed by a guided meditation.

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Introduction to Tantra

Unique features to tantra

The unique features of tantra as compared to the Paramitayana teachings.

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