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Venerable Sangye Khadro The mirror of the Dharma
Venerable Sangye Khadro talks about being authentic, which is to look at our errors, and…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Cultivating Amitabha’s attitude
Bringing the mind in line with Amitabha's way of thinking means cultivating an attitude that…
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The emptiness of the giver, the giving, and the rece...
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues with Verse 30 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” discussing the…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Review of the possibility of ending duhkha
Venerable Thubten Jampa leads a review of the section "The Possibility of Ending Duhkha" on…
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“Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature”
Nirvana is not a place but a state of mind attained by internal transformation. The…
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What is the mind?
Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the definition of awareness and the divisions of awareness into sense…
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Developing concentration takes practice
How concentration is not easy, but we keep working at it.
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Joyous effort, not perfection
Joyous effort and the three types of laziness and their antidotes.
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What patience feels like
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues on Verse 27 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” comparing patience…
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Is the Buddha’s word always spoken by the Buddha?
Three sections in Chapter 5, including proving that the Mahayana sutras are the words of…
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What exactly is ethics?
How ethics is the virtuous thought to abandon both harming others and the thoughts that…
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Definitions
Continuing the section on Definitions in Chapter 20 "Definitions, Divisions, and Illustrations."
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