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Venerable Thubten Chodron Lama Tsongkhapa’s kindness
How Je Rinpoche brought immense benefit through his teachings on emptiness and lamrim, and how…
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Retreat discussion on topics such as the four distortions, how anger destroys merit, using pain…
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37 Practices: Verses 1-3
Making the lamrim personal, changing environments to change negative habits, and relaxing as we see…
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EML '05 Participants - Dec 15, 2005
EML '05 Participants Reflections on the first Exploring Monastic Life, 2005
The participants of the first EML course share how the program helped them look at…
View Post Panic fear, wisdom fear, and the adrenaline rush
Discussion with retreatants on the proper way to use the death meditation, the I that…
View Post Peeling away the view of permanence
Even though we die and are reborn so often, we think the experiences of this…
View Post Preciousness of the opportunity for retreat
The incredible rarity of meeting the Mahayana teachings and being able to do retreat.
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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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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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