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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Excellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly

Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining how it it is possible to develop positive mental…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

The disadvantages of samsara

Commentary on Shantideva's verses that point out the disadvantages of samsara, in order to develop…

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Thangka image of Lama Tsongkapa.
Tenets with Ven. Sangye Khadro

Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka tenets: Part 5

The Prāsaṅgika tenet school's explanation of the paths and grounds, the practitioner's progression on the…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Is liberation possible?

Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, describing three reasons that make liberation possible

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Dharma in Daily Life

Transforming intellectual knowledge into compassiona...

Buddhism is full of lists—but how do we put our intellectual knowledge of the Dharma…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Wealth is fraught with problems

Shantideva's verses describe the lengths we go to obtain wealth, sex, and possessions, and the…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The mind and its potential

Completing teaching Chapter 11, "Freedom From Cyclic Existence" and commencing Chapter 12, "Mind and Its…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

The body is not beautiful

Commentary on verses that help to see the body more objectively in order to counter…

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