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Venerable Thubten Chodron Progressing from wrong conceptions to correct view
How to use your meditation to move through the various stages of realizing emptiness, the…
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Negating inherent existence
The three levels of selflessness. Conventional and ultimate truths. The three levels of dependent arising.
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Cultivating the correct view
The importance of meditating on emptiness. How ignorance leads to suffering and wisdom eliminates suffering.…
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Renunciation and bodhicitta
We can end our grasping at the illusory happiness of our lives and learn to…
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Advantages of renunciation
Explains the opening verses, and explains the importance and advantages of renunciation. Clarifies what renunciation…
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What is important at the time of death
A guided meditation on imagining our own death. How to practice in preparation for death…
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How to handle everyday problems
In order to be happy it is important to change our attitude instead of focusing…
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Finding true happiness
Looking for happiness in all the wrong places? True happiness and contentment are not created…
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Dealing with grief
Exploring the causes of grief and how to work through the grieving process.
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Preparing the mind for tonglen
The importance of meditating on equanimity and the kindness of others before doing the taking…
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Stilling the critical mind
A guided meditation on the breath to cultivate a sense of contentment with the present…
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Breathing meditation
An explanation of how to do stabilizing meditation focused on the breath.
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