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Monastic life
Taking ordination is easy, keeping it is hard. It is being intent on virtue.
View PostMeditation 101
On the two main kinds of meditation and how to prepare for a meditation session.
View PostDeveloping a Dharma mind
The importance of practicing ourselves before we can help others, guarding against hypocrisy and constantly…
View PostWorking on the mind
Different practices to work with the eight worldly concerns and cultivating the six far-reaching attitudes…
View PostStages of the path to enlightenment
Lamrim topics and thought transformation practices within the 37 practices of bodhisattvas.
View PostPrecious human life
Having a precious human life, how the three poisonous attitudes affect us, importance of spiritual…
View PostWisdom fear of samsara
A teaching on the reality of cyclic existence and possibility for liberation. Reflecting on our…
View PostEmptiness in everyday life
Looking at everyday phenomena in terms of emptiness and dependent arising and how changing how…
View PostRefuge and bodhicitta
The three principal causes for taking refuge—a sense of caution, a sense of confidence, and…
View PostThe 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas
Verses on developing the qualities of a bodhisattva by Gyelsay Togmay Zangpo, plus a recording…
View PostRelating to a spiritual teacher
Cultivating relationships with spiritual teachers and the many ways we misunderstand what it means to…
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