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Venerable Thubten Chodron Ethics and conditioning
The role of ethics for achieving worldly happiness, and also the happiness of liberation and…
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Monasteries and monastic training
A summary of the recent 14th annual Western Buddhist monastic conference, describing the training of…
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The object of negation
The importance of correctly identifying the object of negation to refute inherent existence.
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Respecting the views of others
Respecting the views and ideas of others as part of the Buddhist path.
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Realizing things as they are
If you are looking for an elephant, you need to know what an elephant looks…
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Verse 6-2: Consideration for others
Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness of how our actions impact…
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Verse 6-1: Robes of integrity
Seeing an opportunity for non-virtue but restraining ourselves because of a sense of our own…
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The objects of different consciousnesses
Appearing objects, observed objects, apprehended objects, and referent objects.
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Verse 5-1: Attaining the form buddha bodies
Planting the seeds to be able to attain the form body of the Buddha, the…
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Vesak verse: Bodhicitta on Vesak day
Celebrating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana with a verse the cultivates a…
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Special verse: Oceans of merit
What to consider while inviting generosity, the amazing opportunity that others have to create merit…
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