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Painting of the Buddha's first sermon and five disciples.
Exploring Monastic Life 2005

Precepts and their background

Benefits of taking precepts, seeing the teacher as the Buddha, and etiquette between lay practitioners,…

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Gold calligraphy 'Great Wisdom Sutra Handscroll - Frontspiece detail - the Buddha's First Sermon.
Exploring Monastic Life 2005

History of the sangha

The purpose of living in community. The evolution of the sangha and the establishment of…

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Bowing while taking precepts.
Exploring Monastic Life 2005

Monastic life

Taking ordination is easy, keeping it is hard. It is being intent on virtue.

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Young man sitting in meditation posture.
Meditation

Meditation 101

On the two main kinds of meditation and how to prepare for a meditation session.

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Buddha statue on a pedestal outdoors with a small ceramic white dove in front of him.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Developing a Dharma mind

The importance of practicing ourselves before we can help others, guarding against hypocrisy and constantly…

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Buddha statue on a pedestal outdoors with a small ceramic white dove in front of him.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Working on the mind

Different practices to work with the eight worldly concerns and cultivating the six far-reaching attitudes…

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Buddha statue on a pedestal outdoors with a small ceramic white dove in front of him.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Stages of the path to enlightenment

Lamrim topics and thought transformation practices within the 37 practices of bodhisattvas.

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Buddha statue on a pedestal outdoors with a small ceramic white dove in front of him.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Precious human life

Having a precious human life, how the three poisonous attitudes affect us, importance of spiritual…

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Buddha statue on a pedestal outdoors with a small ceramic white dove in front of him.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Wisdom fear of samsara

A teaching on the reality of cyclic existence and possibility for liberation. Reflecting on our…

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A very unique roadside museum-The Museum of Everyday Life, housed in an old cow barn.
Wisdom

Emptiness in everyday life

Looking at everyday phenomena in terms of emptiness and dependent arising and how changing how…

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