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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

Antidotes to the judgmental mind

How the development of integrity is strengthened and enhanced by paying attention to what is…

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Gomchen Lamrim

The effects of negative karma

Reflecting on the karmic results of each of the 10 nonvirtues inspires us to abstain…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 3: Verses 201-213

The collection of merit that gives rise to the 32 signs of a buddha is…

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Young man looking down angrily.
On Working with Afflictions

I’m not an angry person, or am I?

Even when we think we have escaped the three poisons of anger, attachment, and ignorance,…

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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

Antidotes to arrogance

Antidotes to arrogance and the importance of opposing the self-centered thought.

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Wisdom

Developing a direct realization of emptiness

Thirteen questions raised by the study of Mahamudra and their import on the study of…

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Concentration

Cultivating serenity

How to cultivate serenity taking the conventional nature of the mind as the object.

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Piece of chocolate cake.
Prison Poetry

Big piece

Complaining about our lot just leads to more confinement. An incarcerated person talks about contentment.

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Wisdom

Gelugpa-Kagyu Mahamudra lineage

The history of Mahamudra in the Gelgupa lineage, and a commentary on the first 12…

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Wisdom

Mahamudra in India and Tibet

Dr. Roger Jackson from Carleton College gives a weekend course on Mahamudra, beginning with a…

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Gomchen Lamrim

What makes karma powerful

Reflecting on four ways in which karma is powerful helps us to make our virtuous…

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