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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 1: Verse 1
Explanation: there's no irreparable gap between who we are and the goal of Buddhahood. The…
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Setting the context, motivation and attitude to learn the text. Explaining the Buddhist concept of…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Awakening compassion
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's foreword to "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart," on how the Chenrezig…
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What to do after retreat
Advice on how to take what was learned during retreat into life, and how to…
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Discriminating wisdom
A discussion covering topics such as "bad friends," dealing with intense emotions, bad dreams, and…
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37 Practices: Verses 4-6
Verses describing the miseries of samsara, the importance of thinking about beginningless lives, giving up…
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Cultivating the correct view
The importance of meditating on emptiness. How ignorance leads to suffering and wisdom eliminates suffering.…
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Incarcerated people Cuddling up to the Dharma
A great task, a big love. An incarcerated person describes the power of intention in…
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Practical guidelines for good living
How and why we take refuge and an elaboration on the specific and common guidelines…
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Antidotes to the habit of complaining
Advice on taming bad habits and cultivating good, such as nurturing antidotes to our tendency…
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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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The eight worldly concerns
How to work with mental obstacles that keep us from practicing the Dharma.
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