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Right intention in starting retreat
Getting ready to go into retreat with the right motivation, understanding and expectation.
View PostMeaning and benefits of fortitude
The types of beings to help and what help should we offer to them. Understanding…
View PostBringing the Dharma to the Middle East
A conversation on Buddha's teachings coming to Israel, developing daily and personal practices.
View PostSpiritual growth in daily life
A Korean nun studying transpersonal psychology brings her questions about the Mahayana practice to Venerable…
View PostMonasteries as the conscience of society
The vision behind Sravasti Abbey, the benefits of living the monastic life, and using community…
View PostThree kinds of ethical conduct
Discussion of the characteristics of far-reaching ethical conduct: abandoning destructive actions, engaging in constructive actions,…
View PostThe determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
View PostEthical conduct and benefitting sentient beings
Discussion of the concept of far-reaching ethical conduct. Keeping precepts and what to do if…
View PostRetreat discussion
A question-and-answer session covering topics including the mindstream, the buzz of being angry, the Medicine…
View PostKindness and the benefits of engaged bodhicitta
An analysis to see that all sentient beings have been one's mothers. Reasons to generate…
View PostBodhicitta: Gateway to the Mahayana path
Tracing the source of beginningless suffering and the antidote. Importance of compassion in the beginning,…
View PostPrecious human life
Making one's perfect human rebirth meaningful through the practice of bodhicitta. Accumulation of karma and…
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