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Incarcerated people Prison of desire
Finding inner freedom by seeing our shortcomings and working to change oneself.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Rebirth: Is it really possible?
Examining one of the key concepts in the Buddhist worldview, which is that we are…
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Exchanging self and others
When we learn to place others' happiness above our own, we start to destroy the…
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Responding to war with peace
How to work with disturbing emotions that arise in response to a contemporary war.
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General characteristics of karma
Karma is definite, expandable, doesn't get lost, and results from the causes that we have…
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Nine-point death meditation
By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…
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The preliminaries
How the Buddhist teachings plant in our minds the seed of the realizations that will…
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The second Gethsemani Encounter
Thoughts on different theological views of religious institutions.
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Lama Tsongkhapa - Apr 16, 2002
Lama Tsongkhapa The Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Verses on the essence of the path to awakening by Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of…
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The four noble truths
A brief description of the four noble truths and why the Buddha taught them the…
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Retreat in Mexico
Students in Mexico develop confidence in their own ability to work with their minds at…
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The purpose of precepts
A talk to the newly ordained about monastic life, a monastic mind, interacting with the…
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