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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 2: Attachment to sense pleasures
Our insatiable craving for sense objects is the source of our suffering.
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Verse 1: The realms of samsara
Why is it so hard to break free from the realms of cyclic existence? It's…
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Prologue: Praise to Guru Manjushri
Homage and praise to spiritual mentors and how they help us along the path begins…
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Chapter 9: Verses 218-223
Examining and refuting the idea that there is a truly existent liberation and person who…
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Sharing the Dharma in Australia
Venerable Thubten Chodron rejoices in the opportunity to teach the Dharma in Australia.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review 1 of Chapter 8: Verses 184-188
The first review of chapter 8 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" continues,…
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Trouble with relationships
How to work with negative emotions in relationships and when working with other people, cultivating…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Facing blame
Recognizing attachment to reputation and examining the mind's reaction when it is threatened.
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Healing with love and compassion
Counteracting the self-centered, self-grasping mind and confronting the emotional problems of this life through love…
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Review 1 of Chapter 8: Verses 176-183
This first review on Chapter 8 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses…
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Isaac Estrada - May 1, 2014
Isaac Estrada To choose or not to choose
A retreat helps a student to see that he has the freedom to choose to…
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Changing our wrong conceptions
Our happiness and suffering are based on our habitual ways of thinking and on how…
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