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Prayers and Practices

Purification: What it is, why we need it and how to ...

What purification practice is, why it's important and how to use the four opponent powers…

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Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva practice: The powers of remedial action ...

The third and fourth of the four opponent powers, remedial action and the determination not…

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Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva practice: The power of regret

The second of the four opponent powers, regret, and how it is essential to purification…

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Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva practice: Overview and the power of reli...

What it means to purify nonvirtue and why it's important. Overview of the Vajrasattva practice.…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons

“Good Karma”: How our actions bring abou...

How the teachings on karma and its effects will enable us to take responsibility for…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Joyous effort

Venerable Thubten Jigme reviews the bodhisattva perfection of joyous effort, including the three kinds of…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Buddhist ontology

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal gives a brief overview of Buddhist ontology and walks the class through…

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Karma and Your Life

What did I do to deserve this?

Karma, the cultivation of inner qualities, and how to remain positive and be a source…

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Buddhist Worldview

Disentangling our identities

Identities are useful conventions, but strongly grasping them can lead to victimhood.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Fortitude and religious intolerance

Teaching on responding to religious intolerance and hate with fortitude and compassion

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Syllogisms

Geshe Dadul Namgyal explains how syllogisms are used in Buddhist logic and debate, and answers…

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