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Venerable Thubten Chodron On perfectionism
How the mind that seeks perfection in ourselves and others creates suffering.
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Chapter 5: Verses 424-433
Completion of the commentary on the 57 faults to be abandoned including how to meditate…
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Transforming adversity into joy and courage
By transforming our mental state, we can increase our confidence and courage to face the…
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The 22nd Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering
Venerable Thubten Chodron reports on the 22nd annual monastic gathering, which took place at Land…
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Heartwarming love
The fourth step in the seven-point cause and effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Guided metta…
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Chapter 5: Verses 413-423
Continued commentary on the 57 faults to be abandoned including the varieties of attachment.
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Finding happiness through wisdom
The three types of wisdom and how they empower us to create the causes for…
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Why do things happen?
Understanding how cause and effect operates in our lives helps us to create the causes…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Gomchen Lamrim review: The truth of dukkha
A review of the three, eight, and six types of dukkha of beings in cyclic…
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Push and pull of emotional life
An Interview with Venerable Thubten Chodron and Travis Newbill from the Science of Meditation free…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Chapter 4 review: Verses 365-398
Review of the second half of Chapter 4, on why the Mahayana teachings should be…
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