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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

The four general characteristics of karma

Observing cause and effect helps to understand the development of positive and negative results.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Taking and giving meditation

Practical ways to use love and compassion for others when afflictions arise in daily life.

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Refuge Ngöndro

Refuge advice

In preparation for retreat: how to recite the mantra to take refuge in the guru,…

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Refuge Ngöndro

More refuge meditation topics

Examining one's doubts with honesty while taking refuge can enhance the meditation practice.

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Refuge Ngöndro

Refuge meditation topics

How reflecting on the qualities of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha can enhance one's meditation…

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Refuge Ngöndro

Sangha refuge

How to receive the qualities of the Sangha as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro)…

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Refuge Ngöndro

Dharma refuge

How to purify wrong views about the Buddha's teachings when engaging in the preliminary practice…

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Cover of Taming the Mind.
Taming the Mind

The altruistic intention

Practices to cultivate a sense of equanimity; the seven-point cause-and-effect method for developing bodhicitta.

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Refuge Ngöndro

Purifying our negativities

How to use the preliminary practice (ngöndro) of taking refuge to purify our negativities.

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

How to see the guru

How to purify our relationship with our spiritual mentors when engaging in the preliminary practice…

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Refuge Ngöndro

Visualizing sentient beings

How to visualize other sentient beings as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro) of taking…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Visualizing the Three Jewels

How to visualize the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro)…

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