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Venerable Thubten Chodron Oh Tara, protect us
Tara the liberator shows us how to free ourselves from the eight dangers: ignorance, anger,…
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Chapter 12: Refuting wrong views
Cultivating the qualities of a proper student to receive the teachings on the correct view…
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Verse 47: The great fault
Investigating how our self-centered thought is at the heart of our suffering.
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Purpose of precepts
How the monks' and nuns' vows were created by the Buddha to create harmony in…
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Verse 46: The competitor disliked by all
The negative impact we have on our relationships when we are puffed up with pride…
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The foundation of monastic life
Keeping good ethical conduct, which is the foundation of monastic life.
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Ordination lineages
How ordination is different in the three living Buddhist traditions, and why the path to…
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Squashing our ego
If we have confidence in our good qualities, it will not matter what others say…
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Establishing precepts
The sometimes unusual origin stories of the monastic precepts help to explain the practical meanings,…
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Verse 45: The mule
Extolling our own good qualities only makes us look foolish in the eyes of others.
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Self-confidence across monastic cultures
How monastics relate to money and idle talk, the rules governing nuns, and self-confidence for…
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Nine-point death meditation
Meditating on death to make life more meaningful and the two meditations to use: the…
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