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Venerable Thubten Chodron Higher ethical codes and making mistakes
Explaining the ethical conduct for Bodhisattva and Tantric practitioners found in the Mahayana tradition, completing…
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Intoxicants and celibacy
Explaining the two precepts westerners have the most difficulty with—taking intoxicants and unwise or unkind…
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Benefits of practicing the Pratimoksha
Explaining the different Vinaya schools, also how the practice of Vinaya and having limits helps…
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The Pratimoksha ethical code
Explaining the Pratimoksha ethical code, for lay practitioners and monastics, continuing the teaching from Chapter…
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How a Tibetan Buddhist nun works with her anger
Venerable Chodron is interviewed on anger and its antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha
Leading a review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha to meditate on these meaningful epithets.
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Harmonizing criminal defendants’ imbalanced si...
An interview with a defense lawyer about Buddhism and inmates.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Twelve ways to apply compassion in society
How to apply compassion to improve areas of common concern in society.
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Meditation on equanimity and compassion
A guided meditation to develop compassion for everyone.
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The importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
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Bodhisattva’s refuge and ethical conduct
Explaining a bodhisattva’s refuge, from Chapter 3 and giving an overview of the three higher…
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Common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge
Explaining the common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge, teaching from Chapter 3.
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