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Incarcerated people Inspiring story
Importance of understanding karma, taking personal responsibility and transforming oneself based on practice.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Making progress towards the development of bhikshuni...
Highlights the progress made within nunneries and seminaries for advancement of bhikshunis and geshe-mas.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Profound view
How wisdom and compassion support each other. Ten ways to practice mindfulness of emptiness. When…
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The self as a merely labeled phenomenon
Why understanding dependent arising precedes the realization of emptiness. The meaning of being merely labeled.…
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Ways in which we apprehend phenomena
What does it mean when we say that things, including the self, exist in dependence…
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Progressing from wrong conceptions to correct view
How to use your meditation to move through the various stages of realizing emptiness, the…
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Negating inherent existence
The three levels of selflessness. Conventional and ultimate truths. The three levels of dependent arising.
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Cultivating the correct view
The importance of meditating on emptiness. How ignorance leads to suffering and wisdom eliminates suffering.…
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Renunciation and bodhicitta
We can end our grasping at the illusory happiness of our lives and learn to…
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Advantages of renunciation
Explains the opening verses, and explains the importance and advantages of renunciation. Clarifies what renunciation…
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Explanation of the extensive offering practice
An explanation of the symbolism of the extensive offerings practice; imagining vast offerings in order…
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