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Venerable Thubten Chodron Awareness of emptiness
The awareness of emptiness achieved during meditation can be strengthened by developing our concentration.
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Distrust of false appearances
When we meditate on emptiness and begin to distrust the false appearance of inherent existence,…
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Visualizing the object of meditation
How to visualize Tara during concentration, or shamatha, meditation, both front-generation and self-generation.
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Fortitude and joyous effort
The importance of enthusiasm and perseverance in retreat and practice. Change comes slowly, but it…
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Restricting the environment
The benefit of restricting the environment and keeping some distance from the objects that give…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Commentary on a request to Tara
The qualities we need to cultivate so that everyone whom we come into contact with…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Why Buddha is a reliable refuge
Why the Buddha is a reliable refuge and the benefit of deepening one's sense of…
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Thubten Jampel Cultivating contentment
How to practice contentment. Letting go of craving and seeing that what we have is…
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Being dispassionate toward perception
The benefit of being dispassionate toward sense pleasures and material things.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Fearlessness and refuge
The Buddha cannot remove our fears for us but has provided the road map that…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Stressed out
Examining the mind when feeling stressed out: working with the mind and one's circumstances.
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Review: Precepts of mind training
How we can apply the mind training slogans during our daily activities and interactions.
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