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Monastic etiquette
Balancing the monastic way of life and staying in touch with family, plus how to…
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Great vehicle driver’s ed
Ajahn Kovilo, Ajahn Nisabho, and Ayyā Ahiṃsā interview Venerable Chodron about her decades of experience…
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Things to consider before ordaining
Important things to consider before ordaining such as where you'll go for guidance, where you'll…
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Small acts of compassion can have big results
The far-reaching effects of small acts of kindness.
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Meditation on uncomfortable truths
A guided meditation on facing and dealing with uncomfortable truths.
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The spread of Buddhism
How Buddhism spread to new areas and adapted to different cultures.
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Last six of the unshared qualities
Covering the last six of the eighteen unshared qualities of a Buddha, teaching from Chapter…
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Working with afflictive emotions
Afflictions as the main cause of suffering, difficulties with talking about them, and cultural elements…
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Practical tools for uprooting anger
Tools for uprooting anger and cultivating patience and compassion.
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Origins of precepts and monastic ordination
Continuation of the Buddha's life story, about the early monastic sangha.
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