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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Enacting others’ welfare

Commentary on Shantideva's verses that explain how to exchange self and others.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Primordially pure awareness

Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…

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Dronsel and a monastic smiling with arms out, in a snowy meadow.
Dharma Poetry

Reflections after doing retreat on the four establis...

Poems inspired by teachings on the four establishments of mindfulness.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Rigpa

Explaining rigpa, continuing the teaching from the section "Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of…

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Cultivating Compassion

Introduction to the taking and giving meditation

Overcoming self-centredness, a major obstacle to doing the taking and giving meditation.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Afflictions and the nature of the mind

Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…

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Science and Buddhism

Contestable times

A conversation on the nature of time with a theoretical physicist, a philosopher, and a…

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Wisdom

Three levels of wisdom: Hearing, thinking, and medit...

The three wisdoms establish a foundation, refine understanding, and make the Dharma part of us.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

A bodhisattva’s humility

Commentary to verses on developing a bodhisattva’s joy and humility in pacifying others’ sufferings.

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