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Venerable Thubten Chodron Resistance to meditation on emptiness
How to work with resistance and unmet expectations during retreat. How do we feel close…
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Motivation for Chenrezig retreat
How our motivation prepares our mind for a retreat with Chenrezig, the manifestation of the…
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Khensur Jampa Tegchok Renunciation and compassion
The mind at death, the nourishing of karma, and how renunciation and compassion are two…
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The 12 links of dependent arising
Ending the 12 links of dependent arising, correcting wrong views in how we perceive a…
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The self and the aggregates
When the conception of "I" exists there is action, from action there is also birth,…
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Emptiness of self
Understanding unfamiliar concepts in the teaching: the mind, the self, and emptiness of the self.
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Conception of “I”
How all beings arise from the conception of "I" and are enveloped with the conception…
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Abandoning nonvirtue, practicing virtue
Avoiding the ten nonvirtues is the basis for practicing ethical conduct. How taking precepts in…
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The fourth distortion
The source of suffering is due to our misconceptions in perceiving phenomena.
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Motivation in practicing virtue
The importance of creating virtue with the proper motivation.
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The truth of the origin of suffering
Looking at inappropriate attention and how it works in our mind, creating attachment and suffering.
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