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Venerable Thubten Konchog 
Venerable Thubten Chodron Master the core of practice, rise to the challenge
Reflections on building a vibrant Buddhist community in the modern age.
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Conducive conditions to develop serenity
Explaining the six essential conditions necessary for developing serenity in retreat, drawing from Indian and…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Review: Our enemy, self-centeredness
The disadvantages of self-centeredness and the advantages of cherishing others.
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Commitments and instructions of mind training
The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…
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The five powers in life and death
Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.
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The importance of developing serenity
Covering a descriptive definition of serenity, and explaining some of the many benefits of developing…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review: Compassion, the great resolve, and bodhicitta
The last 3 steps of the 7-fold cause and effect method to generate bodhicitta.
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Bodhicitta and working with adversity
Conventional bodhicitta and how it helps us in this time of the five degenerations.
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The preliminaries & ultimate bodhichitta
Introduction to the "Seven-point Mind Training" by Geshe Chekawa and the first two points.
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