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Venerable Thubten Chodron How attachment prevents having good relationships
It's hard to see attachment as a problem in relationships. If we can look at…
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How anger impedes good relationships
There is meaning and satisfaction in healthy relationships. Recognizing how anger creates problems in relationships…
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Caught up in consumerism
Acquiring things and going into debt does not fill up the empty hole of dissatisfaction.…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Gomchen Lamrim review: Reliance on a spiritual mentor
A review of the key points of relying on a spiritual mentor including a guided…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye “Precious Garland” review: Quiz part 3 q...
Discussion of quiz part three questions 1-3 to review verses from Chapter 1. The two…
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Quiz questions Part 3 for Precious Garland
Questions to review our understanding of the most recent talks on Nagarjuna’s "Precious Garland of…
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun
What it means to live as a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the…
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Transforming the mind with compassion
How to cultivate compassion and transform the mind that insists on taking care of "ME."
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The internal judge and jury
We can transform the judgemental, critical mind that points out faults in others and relate…
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Contemplating specific aspects of karma
The naturally negative actions and those proscribed by the Buddha. The eight favorable conditions for…
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Chapter 3: Verses 231-245
Nagarjuna's advice to a king on creating the collections of merit and wisdom is relevant…
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Changing relationships
The last three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing ourselves and others, which are…
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