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Meditation

Letting go of unrealistic expectations

Why grasping at certain results and clinging to expectations hurts our practice.

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Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

The four characteristics of karma

How purification is possible and an introduction to the four characteristics of karma.

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Meditation

Review and guided meditation

A review of how to meditate and common obstacles plus a guided meditation on the…

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Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

Which causes are we creating?

How generosity and ethical conduct help us to accumulate merit and why this matters.

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Meditation

Q & A on how to meditate

Explaining how analytical and stabilizing meditation work together in our practice.

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Meditation

Why we meditate and how to do it

An in-depth introduction to meditation designed especially for those new to the practice.

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Love and Self-esteem

A zillion reasons to love sentient beings

Exploring the advantages of loving-kindness and how to develop this beneficial quality.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Bodhicitta and working with adversity

Conventional bodhicitta and how it helps us in this time of the five degenerations.

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Stages of the Path

The great scope of the lamrim

Bodhicitta, the wisdom realizing emptiness and a surprise birthday celebration!

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Seven-point Mind Training

The preliminaries & ultimate bodhichitta

Introduction to the "Seven-point Mind Training" by Geshe Chekawa and the first two points.

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