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Venerable Thubten Chodron Practicing Buddhism in daily life
Applying Dharma techniques whenever possible transforms the mind.
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Turning to the Buddhist path for spiritual guidance
What it means to take refuge and who we are taking refuge in when we…
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Chapter 6: Abandoning disturbing emotions
Learning to recognize ignorance, attachment, and anger and counteract them to prevent destructive actions.
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The removal of distracting thoughts
The methods for dealing with the hindrances to concentration and the mental factors to be…
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Hindrances to serenity
Explaining the mental factors that interfere with our concentration, how they are related and prompt…
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Mental factors and states of consciousness
The two mental factors crucial for concentration. Developing meditative stabilization grounded on renunciation, bodhicitta, and…
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Conditions for serenity retreat
Cultivating the conditions needed to gain shamatha. Physical posture and how to structure a meditation…
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Concentration: Worldview, technique, result
Importance of motivation for concentration/meditation to lead us to liberation and enlightenment.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Developing a good heart
His Holiness the Dalai Lama reflects on the importance of cultivating a compassionate motivation in…
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Chapter 5: Verses 117-125
The qualities of arya bodhisattvas and the super-knowledges bodhisattvas attain to benefit others.
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Practices for the deceased
Practices we can do to benefit those who have recently passed into the bardo so…
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Helping a dying friend
How we can work with our mind, and what prayers and practices we can do…
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