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Dharma in Daily Life

Where cultural identity and interdependence connect

A talk about social harmony and individual happiness through compassion and loving kindness.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Review night

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a basic review of the divisions of existents.

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness of the divine body and correct view

Mindfulness of the divine body, and mindfulness of the correct view of reality.

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness of the lama and compassion

Mindfulness of the lama or teacher, and mindfulness of compassion and bodhicitta.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

The five faults and eight antidotes

How to identify the five faults that arise when doing concentration meditation, and how to…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Restlessness, regret, and doubt

How to identify and apply antidotes to the hindrances of restlessness, regret, and deluded doubt.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Malice and lethargy

How to identify and apply antidotes to the hindrances of malice and lethargy.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Mindfulness and sensual desire

The role of mindfulness in concentration meditation, and how to work with the hindrance of…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Qualities of concentration

The place of concentration meditation in Buddhism, and its unique qualities.

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A large group of monastics posing for a photo.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

Benefiting the world through the Dharma

A talk with Tibetan nuns about Sravasti Abbey and how monastic life is being involved…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Motivation and meditation

The importance of motivation and the purpose and practice of meditation.

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