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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 212-218

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent functional phenomena like partless particles.

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Explore Monastic Life

Humility, transparency, and self-acceptance

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reflects on the Exploring Monastic Life program and how it supports the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 202-211

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues teaching on refuting permanent personal self, uncompounded space, and permanent time.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Overview and Chapter 9: Verse 201

Geshe Thabkhe gives an overview of the path and begins teaching on general refutation of…

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Gomchen Lamrim

The 37 harmonies with awakening

The 37 harmonies are a fundamental practice of the middle scope and are practiced by…

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Explore Monastic Life

Reimagining Buddhist ethics in the world

Venerable Thubten Jampa shares the many ways that Westerners can practice ethics in their daily…

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Monastic Life

The practice of generosity

Why Buddhist monastics do not work for a living and give the Dharma freely.

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 4: Verses 349-355

Refutations of pleasure and objects of pleasure as being inherently existent. The dependent nature of…

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Explore Monastic Life

The border between liberation and cyclic existence

Venerable Thubten Samten reflects on her life experiences through the lens of teachings on the…

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Explore Monastic Life

The practice of appreciating others

Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares three ways we can show our appreciation for others in a…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2016

Minor hindrances to ordination

Concluding the program with teachings on the 13 minor hindrances to ordination.

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Explore Monastic Life

Unravelling our hallucinations

Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares how the meditation on the mind as the source of our…

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