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Venerable Thubten Chodron Preparing for death
Reflecting on the deaths happening around us constantly is a warning for us to practice…
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Creating the causes for happiness
How the long-term view of creating causes for our future happiness helps us to be…
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Overcoming confusion
A new series of teachings on a text by Je Rinpoche. Setting the scene for…
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Appreciating our opportunities
A motivation on appreciating all the causes and conditions for our precious human rebirth, and…
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Far-reaching generosity and ethical conduct
How to cultivate the three kinds of generosity, and the three types of ethical conduct.…
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Verse 92: The basis of good and evil
How our state of mind and motivation, not external circumstances, determine whether our actions are…
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Our two-year-old mind
How to work with the self-centered mind that creeps up on us in the middle…
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The great aspirations of bodhisattvas
An explanation of why bodhisattvas make amazing aspirational prayers that are impossible to fulfill.
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The eightfold path
Explanation of the eightfold noble path as it is viewed in the Pali and Sanskrit…
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Overcoming the five hindrances to concentration
The antidotes for the five hindrances to developing meditative concentration.
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The secondary afflictions
Final teaching on the root afflictions and beginning explanation on the 20 secondary afflictions, with…
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The second noble truth: the root afflictions
Looking at the six root afflictions—the causes of problems in this life and future lives.
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