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Venerable Thubten Chodron Taking precepts
Working with our attachment to approval by counteracting self-centered thoughts, and the various types of…
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Ethical conduct on the path
Where ethical conduct fits into the Buddhist path, and the benefits of practicing ethical conduct.
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The four great qualities of the lamrim
A brief Introduction to the text, and author. The four points showing the greatness of…
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Chapter 1: Verses 36-38
Looking at the causes of rebirth in samsara, its unsatisfactory nature, and the causes for…
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The evolution of the Dharma and the vinaya
The Buddha's milieu, and how the sangha and Buddhism spread after the Buddha's parinibbana.
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The Buddha’s life and teaching
On the purpose of bowing, recitations and offering the mandala before teachings. The Buddha's life…
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The purpose of the EML program
An introduction to the course and the challenges that we all have to look forward…
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Letting go of worldly concerns
The difficulty of overcoming attachment to our reputation, and how it is a great hindrance…
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Dr. Guy Newland Western perspectives on Tsongkhapa
Returning to Chapa chos kyi seng ge's refutation of Chandrakirti, which foreshadows Tsongkhapa.
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Conventional and ultimate nature
How Tsongkhapa refutes the Svatantrika view of conventional existence, while retaining the possibility of understanding…
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The Svatantrika view
Reviewing arguments that the ultimate nature cannot be known by the mind.
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Understanding through reasoned logic
The ultimate nature being unknowable by the mind, versus arguments that it is possible to…
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