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Venerable Thubten Chodron Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery
Question and answer with Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle,…
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal)
Mapping the Buddhist path onto combating the afflict...
Quotes from scriptures on the afflictions and how the Buddhist path involves removing the afflictions.
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Using the subtlest clear light mind on the path
Explaining how tantra manifests the subtlest mind-wind and uses it to accumulate merit and wisdom…
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Enough childish behavior!
Shantideva on giving up childish behavior and following in the steps of the wise
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Unpacking our afflictions
How to identify the afflictions within our own minds, along with explaining their causes, their…
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A life without guilt and blame
How to gain a valid sense of self-esteem while also learning how to evaluate ourselves…
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Incense offering chant
The incense offering that opens monastic rites in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.
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Dr. Russell Kolts The psychology of true self-compassion
The effects of compassion on the brain, how mindful and soothing breathing affects our body,…
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What does it mean to be a good person?
The importance of having a good motivation in all that we do, and how self-centeredness…
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Our identity crisis
How social media is affecting personal identities plus personal experiences with identity.
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Levels of mind
Explaining what it means to say that the innate clear light is the mind is…
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