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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Having a steady mind

How to see our enemies and difficulties as precious opportunities to develop inner fortitude that…

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Gomchen Lamrim

What to do during the meditation session and between...

The importance of both stabilizing and analytical meditation, how to conclude the session and what…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Verses 69-75

The different ways to understand dependent arising to refute inherent existence—dependence on parts, causal dependence,…

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Essence of a Human Life

Overcoming ignorance

The difficulty in applying the teachings on karma when it comes to creating virtue and…

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Essence of a Human Life

Coveting, malice, wrong views

The three destructive mental pathways that we need to be mindful of and apply antidotes…

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Middle Way Philosophy

The object of negation

The distinctions that have to be made to arrive at the right understanding of emptiness.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Meditation: Searching for the self

Geshe Dadul Namgyal guides a meditation on searching for the sense of "I" that inherently…

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Middle Way Philosophy

Right understanding of emptiness

Tendencies to watch out for when learning about emptiness, and important distinctions to be made…

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