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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Receiving praise: The bodhisattva vows

The benefit of praising others and how to receive praise in accordance with the Bodhisattva…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Cultivating ultimate bodhicitta

The difference between definitive and interpretable teachings and the method for negating a gross misconception…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Mutual dependence in generosity

Examples of mutual dependency: in an act of generosity, the agent, action, object and recipient…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Mutual dependence

Examining how things arise in mutual dependence on each other is another way of understanding…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Deluded thinking and labeling

There are three criteria to use to judge whether something exists conventionally, i.e., whether it…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

The food offering

We can develop the wisdom and method sides of the path by contemplating the causes…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Developing self-acceptance

Self-acceptance comes from having compassion for ourselves, differentiating the person from the actions that we…

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Seven-point Mind Training

The time for emptiness

The time for imparting (and receiving) the teachings on emptiness and the meaning of regarding…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Dependent arising: Dependent designation

The concept of dependent arising can be examined by meditating on dependent designation, or the…

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