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Verse 43: Bearing small ordeals
Illuminating the importance of learning to bear small ordeals in preparation for aging, sickness and…
View PostVerse 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…
View PostVerse 41: The most beautiful to worldly people
Worldly people are completely misguided in valuing those who appear to be nice and engage…
View PostThe King of Prayers: Verses 29-63
Prayer of aspiration summarizing the extraordinary activities of bodhisattvas.
View PostThe King of Prayers: Verses 1-28
Buddhist prayer illuminating the practices and views of bodhisattvas as they seek to alleviate the…
View PostThe importance of remembering death
The purpose of remembering death is to help make life meaningful and motivate practice not…
View PostCelebrating the Buddha’s life and first teaching
A celebration of Wheel Turning Day. Lessons from the extraordinary life of a revered Tibetan…
View PostRefuge: Meaning and commitments
An eminent Tibetan teacher explains the meaning of true refuge and the responsibilities that it…
View PostChapter 11: Verses 263-265
Considering the kindness of all the practitioners who have kept the teachings alive for 2,600…
View PostVerse 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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