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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 4: Verses 93-100

Continuing to discuss the inappropriateness of pride for those in power, and comparing arrogance and…

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Healing from Gun Violence

One year after the Aurora shooting

Reflecting with compassion on the one-year anniversary of the Batman movie shooting in Colorado.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 4: Verses 85-92

Examining the reasons why it is inappropriate for those in power to be proud, relating…

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Ethics in the Modern World

Cultivating compassion in a violent world

Applying the ancient wisdom of a Buddhist philosophical text to bring compassion to situations of…

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Responding to Prejudice

The social impact of gun violence

Keeping a calm and compassionate mind in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 4: Verses 90–100

What does it take to be an ethical leader? Is it appropriate for a country's…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 4: Verses 85–89

Teachings on how cultivating the correct view of self leads to compassion and explanation of…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapters 3-4: Verses 75-85

Geshe Thabkhe begins teaching on Chapter 4, speaking about the antidote to overcome manifest conceptions…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 3: Verses 67–74

Geshe Thabkhe talks about how seeing the impurity of both body and mind will help…

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On Emptiness

Releasing the need to be the best

The understanding of emptiness is a hefty weapon in the battle with the ego.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 3: Verses 51-66

Geshe Thabkhe teaches on Chapter 3, on abandoning the view of the cleanliness of the…

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