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Cultivating Compassion

When compassion arises

A talk about what compassion is, where the word comes from, and what happens when…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Virtue, nonvirtue, merit, and roots of nonvirtue

Completing Chapter 5, covering five types of virtues and five types of nonvirtues and starting…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Refuting a primal substance and independent self

Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Identifying our feelings

How to identify our emotions and distinguish them from thoughts and why it's important.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Having-ceased

Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, explaining having-ceased and karmic seed and comparing the notions of…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Pushed by our afflictions

Covering Verses 19-25 of Chapter 6, sharing ways to lessen our anger by viewing others’…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

More on seeds and latencies

Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, covering seeds and latencies of afflictions and seeds and latencies…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Courage in the face of harm

Covering Verses 14-19 of Chapter 6, discussing how we can strengthen our mind so it…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Afflictions and karma, their seeds and latencies

Starting Chapter 5, describing the different classifications of afflictions and covering seeds and latencies of…

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