Search results for “"Maitri"

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love (Pali: mettā, Sanskrit: maītri)

Wishing sentient beings to have happiness and its causes.

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Western Monastics

Western Buddhist nuns in the Tibetan tradition

Venerable Chodron explores the history of Buddhist nuns in the West through her own experiences,…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Subtle impermanence

Answering questions from retreat participants and teaching on understanding impermanence and generating love and compassion

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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2018-19

The emptiness of identities and nonvirtue

The emptiness of identities and nonvirtues, and how this provides the key to purification.

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Refuge in the Three Jewels

The Third Precept: Sexual Responsibility

A fresh perspective on the third Buddhist lay precept - healing ourselves and our society…

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Refuge in the Three Jewels

The Second Precept: Generosity

A fresh perspective on the second precept - moving beyond not stealing to cultivating an…

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Ethics in the Modern World

Practical ethics and leadership

The first of two talks based on Nagarjuna's Precious Garland of Advice for a King…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Refuting inherent existence

Analyzing whether the person is one with the aggregates, and how we have difficulty seeing…

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Thought Training

Practicing the five forces in life and at death

The five forces from the seven-point mind training instruction and how to practice them.

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Mind and Mental Factors

The secondary afflictions

Final teaching on the root afflictions and beginning explanation on the 20 secondary afflictions, with…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The first noble truth: Our situation in samsara

Looking at the reality of our present situation will motivate us seek authentic happiness.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The ten non virtuous paths of action

The three physical and four verbal non-virtues, focusing on the four factors required for them…

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