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Venerable Thubten Chodron Imagining our death and pacifying distractions
Commentary on verses from Shanitdeva on the benefits of subduing distractions to meditation including attachment…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka tenets: Part 2
Explanation of the two truths according to the Prāsaṅgika tenet school.
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Types of nirvana
Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, covering natural nirvana and nirvana with remainder and nirvana without…
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Attachment to body, friends, and family
Commentary on verses by Shantideva covering antidotes for attachment to the body, friends, and relatives.
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Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka tenets: Part 1
Introduction to Prāsaṅgika tenet school including origin, etymology and the mode of asserting objects.
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Spreading compassion
Through compassionate interaction with others we can inspire those around us to behave more compassionately.
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Meditation on cultivating a compassionate attitude
A guided meditation to help tap into the quality of compassion in our mind and…
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Attachment hinders our concentration
Commentary to verses 23 - 28, which describe attachment as a hindrance, and dwelling in…
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The two obscurations
Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, covering afflictive obscurations and cognitive obscurations.
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Bodhisattvas’ path to awakening
Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, explaining the five paths of the bodhisattva vehicle.
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Meditations on equalizing and exchanging self and ot...
A sequence of eleven guided meditations for developing bodhicitta using the method of equalizing and…
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