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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Guided meditation: imagining our death

Imagining our death prepares our mind for death and helps us make our life meaningful…

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For Young People

Think out of the box

Challenging ourselves to step out of the mental boxes we create for ourselves, and to…

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Responding to Prejudice

No compassion, no peace

A social and Dharma perspective on the recent grand jury decision not to indict the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Quiz review part 1

Review and discussion of questions on refuting misconceptions of a self. The first part of…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

The Buddha’s life and teachings

Exploring how the life of the Buddha is understood between traditions, and the similarities and…

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Meditation

How to sit in meditation

A demonstration of how to sit in a stable meditation position that will calm the…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 76: The most powerful army

By cultivating an army of positive qualities, we can vanquish our afflictions and be truly…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 75: True heroes

How the mind of a spiritual practitioner stays steadfast amidst the glitter of worldly pleasures.

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Thangka image of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva.
Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Quiz: Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas, Chapter 10

Quiz questions for a review of chapter 10 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 74: Every moment matters

How we have autonomy in every moment to work against our habitual patterns and live…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Ethical conduct and precepts

The higher training of ethical conduct: the eight types of precepts taken for liberation, and…

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