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Stages of the Path

Compassion is of utmost importance

The order of the sevenfold cause and effect method of developing bodhicitta

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Mindfulness

The four foundations of mindfulness

How to practice mindfulness of the body, feelings, mind and phenomena.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

The reasons for taking refuge

Reviewing the reasons for taking refuge and the Perfection Vehicle’s Buddha Jewel.

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Stages of the Path

The path to cultivate

Guarding ethical conduct and the four causes of infractions.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Higher ethical codes and making mistakes

Explaining the ethical conduct for Bodhisattva and Tantric practitioners found in the Mahayana tradition, completing…

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Full Ordination for Nuns

“She loved being a bhikshuni”: Spreading...

Venerable Chodron talks about the contribution of Venerable Hengching to the spread of full ordination…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Intoxicants and celibacy

Explaining the two precepts westerners have the most difficulty with—taking intoxicants and unwise or unkind…

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Buddhist Worldview

Why is the Vinaya important if things are empty?

Why ethical conduct is the foundation of compassion and how these are essential for cultivating…

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