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Six perfections and three higher trainings
What makes the three higher trainings higher--rather than just ordinary--is the long-term motivation of attaining…
View PostHigher training in ethics
How ethical discipline is the foundation on which concentration and wisdom are built. Taking precepts…
View PostEthics, concentration, and wisdom
Practicing the three higher trainings, which are practices imbued with refuge in the Three Jewels…
View PostThe root of samsara
How things and self are merely imputed by thought and how ignorance is the root…
View PostFriendship
The importance of cultivating positive relationships. How we can love others without being attached to…
View PostReview: Teachings on emptiness
A review of the beginning of the section on cultivating ultimate bodhicitta: creating the causes…
View PostJoy and courage
Continuing the discussion on joy and courage, and a discussion on verses about love and…
View PostTransforming depression and anxiety
Recognizing how thoughts fuel emotions, how happiness and suffering originate within the mind, and cultivating…
View PostReview: Bodhicitta and the afflictions
A review of the end of the section on cultivating conventional bodhicitta and the meaning…
View PostHomage to Shakyamuni Buddha
Paying homage to Shakyamuni Buddha before receiving teachings. The chant was recorded by the Sravasti…
View PostDaily practice chants
A collection of the daily recitations and chants done at Sravasti Abbey.
View PostVarious mantras
Recitations to bless to bless the feet, the rosary, and the speech. Recited during the…
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