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Venerable Thubten Chodron Interview with Shide Nunnery
An interview with Venerable Chodron with nuns from Shide Nunnery in Germany about the mindful…
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The seven jewels of the aryas: Material generosity
The benefits of material generosity, one of the different kinds of generosity referred to by…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Pride and humility
How to respond to criticism by a junior, and an example of humility from Tibetan…
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Love without expectations
How our expectations of others prevent us from loving them unconditionally.
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Tantra and Buddhist canons
Briefly covering tantra and beginning a section on the content of the three extant Buddhist…
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The seven jewels of the aryas: Ethical conduct
The importance of ethical conduct, the second Jewel of the aryas, and how hurting others…
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Challengers and defenders
Beginning to teach Chapter 16, 'Challengers and Defenders', which focuses on the two key roles…
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Why get angry?
Venerable Sangye Khadro discusses the fifteenth verse of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” and shares…
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Chinese New Year Tsog motivation
A brief motivation given before a ceremony on Chinese New Year's day in honor of…
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The importance of knowing our self worth
Venerable Sangye Khadro shares a story about broadcasting unpleasant remarks.
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The seven jewels of the aryas: Faith
Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about faith, the first jewel of the aryas, and its three…
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The growth of the Mahayana
Teaching on how the Mahayana sutras first appeared, gained popularity and became the focus of…
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