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Volume 5 In Praise of Great Compassion

In praise of great compassion

Interview for the Wisdom Podcast on "In Praise of Great Compassion," Volume 5 of The…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Transforming problems into compassion

How to use tonglen and other meditations on compassion to generate bodhicitta

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Meditation on Arya Tara

Explanation of the prayers and recitations of the Tara practice and the meaning of the…

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Engaged Buddhism

Sravasti Abbey talks about the COVID-19 pandemic

A continuing series of Bodhisattva Breakfast Corner talks focusing on how to practice during the…

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2019

“Letter to a Friend”: Verses 35-42

Venerable Thubten Chodron covers verses 35-42 of Nagarjuna's "Letter to a Friend."

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Books

Open Heart, Clear Mind study guide

Study guide to the book Open Heart, Clear Mind, a foundational and profound introduction to…

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Bodhisattva Path

Taking and giving

How to practice tonglen, the taking-and-giving meditation.

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Who are you judging?

Working on our anger and our judgmental minds in order to be able to see…

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Amitabha

Amitabha practice: Offering the mandala

An explanation of the outer and inner mandala offering in the context of the Amitabha…

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On Meditation

Meditation with noise

There are many distractions to meditation in prison. This is how one incarcerated person deals…

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Amitabha

Amitabha practice: Refuge visualization

A description of the refuge visualization for the Amitabha Buddha practice.

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