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Incarcerated people Dharma artwork by incarcerated people
People in prison express their creativity and devotion to the Dharma through beautiful works of…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron After the Buddha awakened
Creating a solid motivation for ordaining, how the Buddha taught every type of person, and…
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Chapter 11: Verses 266-275
The relationship between impermanence and duration. Refuting a truly existent present.
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Verse 44: The powerful demon of doubt
The hindrance of doubt tending towards the wrong conclusion can completely destroy our spiritual practice.
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Verse 43: Bearing small ordeals
Illuminating the importance of learning to bear small ordeals in preparation for aging, sickness and…
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Verse 42: The most vain of all beings in the world
Examining our tendency to fabricate images and identities that we think will help us to…
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Verse 41: The most beautiful to worldly people
Worldly people are completely misguided in valuing those who appear to be nice and engage…
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Dagmo Kusho Sakya The King of Prayers: Verses 29-63
Prayer of aspiration summarizing the extraordinary activities of bodhisattvas.
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The King of Prayers: Verses 1-28
Buddhist prayer illuminating the practices and views of bodhisattvas as they seek to alleviate the…
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The importance of remembering death
The purpose of remembering death is to help make life meaningful and motivate practice not…
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