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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The results of virtue and nonvirtue

Reflecting on the results of virtuous and nonvirtuous actions motivates us to create the causes…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Questions and answers on karma

Responses to questions on karma and its effects. Understanding karma through the analogy of a…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The results of negative karma

Reflecting on the three types of karmic results and the results of specific actions helps…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Three types of dependent arising and how they prove ...

A look at causal dependence, mutual dependence and dependent designation. How to reflect on karma…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: The importance of remembering...

A review of the drawbacks of not remembering death and the benefits of remembering death.…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
A Nun's Life

Interview with Tibetan Center Hamburg Magazine

The challenges of being a Buddhist nun in the West and what was learned from…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The sixteen practices for higher rebirth

Practical advice on what to abandon and what to practice to create the causes for…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

“Precious Garland” review: Quiz part 3 q...

Discussion of quiz part three questions 7-12 to review verses from Chapter 1. Delving into…

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Venerable giving a teaching at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V. in Hamburg.
Western Monastics

Buddhist women in the West

The challenges and freedoms of being a Western Buddhist nun. Bringing the Dharma to Western…

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