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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2017

Defining compassion and self-compassion

Dr. Russel Kolts shares his insights on the meaning of compassion and how it can…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Setting our motivation

Pausing to cultivate a compassionate motivation before we act transforms our mental state, assists us…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 25-34

Finishing the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints related to far-reaching fortitude and teaching on those related…

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21st Century Buddhists

How to be a Buddhist in today’s world

His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers practical advice on putting our religious and spiritual values…

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Helping the Dying and Deceased

A Buddhist approach to helping the dying

An interview covering the Buddhist perspective on death, helping others create good karma before death…

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White Tara

Overcoming three kinds of doubt

The types of doubt and how to overcome them, and how to relate to a…

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White Tara

Obstacles to generosity

The "shackles of miserliness" and the "flood of attachment" that we seek Tara's protection from.

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White Tara

The robbers of wrong views

How wrong views about the law of karma and the nature of reality create create…

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White Tara

Love, compassion, and bodhicitta

Cultivating equanimity as the basis for genuine love, compassion, and bodhicitta.

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White Tara

Jealousy: Its definition and antidotes

How jealousy can relate to our view of oppression and the antidotes to overcoming jealousy.

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White Tara

Types of arrogance and ignorance

Seven types of arrogance, and the second of the eight dangers, the elephant of ignorance.

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