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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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Celebrating the Buddha’s life and first teaching
A celebration of Wheel Turning Day. Lessons from the extraordinary life of a revered Tibetan…
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Refuge: Meaning and commitments
An eminent Tibetan teacher explains the meaning of true refuge and the responsibilities that it…
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Chapter 11: Verses 263-265
Considering the kindness of all the practitioners who have kept the teachings alive for 2,600…
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Verse 40: The one who infects others’ minds
Looking at the part that our afflicted minds play when others deceive us with their…
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