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A Nun's Life

Light: On Spiritual Women

Spotlight on the life and aspirations of a Buddhist nun, teacher, and abbess.

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Teachings by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Emptiness and partless particles

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains how realizing emptiness clears away fear and other distressing states.

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Teachings by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Refuting modes of existence

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues through verses 57-69 which refute certain false modes of existence.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

First two of Maitreya’s five faults

Explaining the first two of the five faults and eight antidotes as taught in Maitreya’s…

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Cultivating Compassion

Try a little kindness

Why true compassion is based on equanimity and how to develop this positive quality.

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Teachings by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Examining cause and effect

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the lack of inherent existence of cause and effect.

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

Guided by wise teachers

Venerable Chodron reflects on the influence of her teachers and her journey to monasticism.

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Volume 7 Searching for the Self

The middle way view

Analyzing the body and mind to find the self and investigating the effect of labeling…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Meditating on breath and overcoming hindrances

Explaining how one can meditate on the breath using Vasubandhu’s six steps for developing serenity,…

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