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History of the eight Mahayana precepts
We take the precepts to stop gross harm to sentient beings and to reduce distractions…
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The Buddha’s life
Apply the lessons we learn from the Buddha's life. How he lived is a teaching…
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Compassion and world peace
Translating compassion into social action for the benefit of ourselves, our communities and the world.
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Mindfulness and compassion
An introduction to mindfulness and how practicing it can benefit our environment and others around…
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Feelings that arise while doing purification
The second of three talks on the practice of prostrations to the 35 buddhas offers…
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Three ways to see bodhicitta in terms of dependent a...
How to use the understanding of dependence on causes and conditions, parts and mental labeling…
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Meditating on three types of compassion
Importance of persisting through hearing, thinking, and meditating until we see and feel how our…
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How things exist
How understanding things exist dependently provides us freedom to act without afflictions and cultivate compassion.
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108 Verses: Verse 9
Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with…
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108 Verses: Verse 8
How understanding impermanence helps us view the true nature of self and develop a long…
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