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Essence of a Human Life

Flattening our pride

The importance of being receptive and open to Dharma teachings, especially when they push our…

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Essence of a Human Life

Relying upon Tara the liberator

Why Tara is a reliable source of refuge, and how the question of gender becomes…

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Heather leading meditation.
Preliminary Practices

The Vajrasattva ngondro

A student offers thoughts on completing the Vajrasattva ngondro.

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Essence of a Human Life

How Tara helps us

Why we turn to Tara for refuge and how she helps us by teaching us…

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Essence of a Human Life

Overcoming confusion

A new series of teachings on a text by Je Rinpoche. Setting the scene for…

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A solo person kayaks in a lake with mountains in the background.
Essence of a Human Life

The Essence of a Human Life

Verses by Lama Tsongkhapa on how to use our precious human life to pursue what…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Cultivating serenity: The five faults and their anti...

Counteracting the five faults that interfere with developing meditative serenity by using the appropriate antidotes.

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Verses 20-24

The essential thing to remember is don't engage in nonvirtue, engage in virtue. How do…

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Travels

Teachings in Australia and Indonesia

Venerable Thubten Chodron shares on a long and fruitful trip to give and receive teachings…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Abandoning the 10 nonvirtues, part 3

Review of the three mental nonvirtuous pathways of action: covetousness, maliciousness, and wrong view.

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