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Mind and Awareness

Analysis of sense perception versus thought

Importance of experiencing our sensations to understand what we truly feel but how we actually…

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Mind and Awareness

Direct perceivers: sense and mental

Importance of noticing how we are directly feeling things versus interpreting our experiences.

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Stages of the Path

The far-reaching practice of wisdom

Explanation of the far-reaching practice of wisdom and how it cultivating it enables us to…

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Stages of the Path

The six far-reaching practices

How the six far-reaching practices work together enabling us to progress on the path.

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Stages of the Path

Developing bodhicitta

Explanation of the meditation on equalizing and exchanging self and others to develop bodhicitta.

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Cover of Buddhism for Beginners.
Buddhism for Beginners

The Buddhist traditions

An overview of the different Buddhist traditions, their similarities and differences, and some common misperceptions…

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Stages of the Path

Equalizing and exchanging self and other

Explanation of equalizing and exchanging self and others as well as a special meditation on…

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Stages of the Path

Seven-point cause and effect

Developing bodhicitta, first by meditating on exchanging and equalizing self with others, then following the…

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Stages of the Path

Samsara and dukkha

Looking at the disadvantages of cyclic existence to develop a determination to be free from…

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Stages of the Path

Karma

An in-depth look at the intricacies of karma: its characteristics, factors, results, and weight; helping…

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Stages of the Path

Refuge

What is means to take refuge, how to create the causes, and why the Three…

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Stages of the Path

Death and impermanence

The importance and benefits of contemplating death, complemented by explanation of the nine-point death meditation.

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