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Venerable Sangye Khadro Review of Chapter 1
Venerable Sangye Khadro leads a review of Chapter 1 of Shantideva's text, Engaging in the…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 20-21
Commentary on verses that cover subduing anger and abandoning attachment.
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When karma ripens
Teaching from Chapter 11, describing in which life time karma ripens based on different factors…
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Definite and indefinite karma
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 11, finishing section "The ripening of karmic seeds" and starting…
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Stages on the path to awakening
An overview of the teachings on the stages of the path to awakening and the…
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Meditation on working with anger and developing comp...
A guided meditation to subdue anger and cultivate compassion by transforming how we view those…
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The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 16-20
Commentary on verses for training the mind to transform how adverse circumstances are viewed and…
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The four immeasurables
The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…
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Meditation on cultivating the four immeasurable thou...
The more we familiarize ourselves with the four immeasurable thoughts—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—the more…
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Karma that ripens at death
Continuing Chapter 11, explaining many factors that affect the result of karma and different perspectives…
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Keeping the promise of bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 11-16 on the importance of making ourselves into trustworthy people: in general and…
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Disadvantages of discarding bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 2-10 of Chapter 4, which cover the disadvantages of discarding bodhicitta
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