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Refuge guidelines and karma
Guidelines for practicing refuge in daily life. The four general characteristics of karma and purification…
View PostChapter 12: Verses 279-283
How to examine the teachings to determine if they are valid, and how to look…
View PostThe formula for happiness
In searching for happiness we need to cultivate our ability to love people more openly,…
View PostIt comes from our mind
A 17-year-old student from Singapore shares his insights on working with anger.
View PostThe love of money
How attachment to wealth breeds anxiety and dissatisfaction, and how contentment with what we have…
View PostBe there for the right reasons
The motives behind your actions are important. Are you motivated by your ego? Buddhism teaches…
View PostLove people, not pleasure
In the search for happiness, attachment to fame and reputation is a major cause of…
View PostEnding the pity party
How to work with the mind that wants to wallow in self-pity. We can use…
View PostDharma and Sangha Jewels in depth
The ultimate and conventional Dharma and Sangha Jewels. The Pali and Sanskrit traditions' view of…
View PostChapter 8: Verses 185-200
Geshe Thabkhe concludes the teachings on making the mindstream receptive to the development of spiritual…
View PostChapter 8: Verses 178-184
Geshe Thabkhe teaches on methods to eliminate disturbing emotions and talks about how they can…
View PostChapters 7-8: Verses 171-177
Geshe Thabkhe teaches on inappropriateness of accumulating merit for higher rebirths in cyclic existence and…
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