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Venerable Thubten Chodron Self-generation and emptiness
How to imagine emptiness during self-generation practice in the Tara sadhana.
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Receiving praise: The bodhisattva vows
The benefit of praising others and how to receive praise in accordance with the Bodhisattva…
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Cultivating ultimate bodhicitta
The difference between definitive and interpretable teachings and the method for negating a gross misconception…
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Mutual dependence in generosity
Examples of mutual dependency: in an act of generosity, the agent, action, object and recipient…
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Mutual dependence
Examining how things arise in mutual dependence on each other is another way of understanding…
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Deluded thinking and labeling
There are three criteria to use to judge whether something exists conventionally, i.e., whether it…
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Food offering: Labeling on a valid basis
In looking at the food offering we can see how things change and that we…
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The food offering
We can develop the wisdom and method sides of the path by contemplating the causes…
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Developing self-acceptance
Self-acceptance comes from having compassion for ourselves, differentiating the person from the actions that we…
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The time for emptiness
The time for imparting (and receiving) the teachings on emptiness and the meaning of regarding…
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Designating labels: Rinpoches and lamas
An explanation of the use of titles in Tibetan Buddhism and how they may be…
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Dependent arising: Dependent designation
The concept of dependent arising can be examined by meditating on dependent designation, or the…
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