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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Early Buddhist schools

Covering the sections “The Buddha’s Life” and “Early Buddhist Schools” in Chapter 4.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Comparisons of consciousnesses

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads the class through the first few comparisons of different kinds of…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Vehicles and paths

Covering the section “Vehicles and Paths” in Chapter 4 on the different paths to awakening…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Believing in something that is not real

Covering the last section in Chapter 12 “Believing in Something That Is Not Real” and…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2019

How do I know that I have purified?

The difference between purifying the afflictions and the self-grasping ignorance.

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Prayer flags and a rose garden in the courtyard of a prison.
Prison Dharma

The pagoda project: An update

An update on the meditation pagoda constructed by the Buddhist study group at a corrections…

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