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Venerable Thubten Chodron Counteracting anger
Covering Verses 62-66, leading a discussion on working with the self-centered thought and describing more…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Types of selflessness
A teaching on the types of selflessness and the three levels of selflessness of persons.
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Developing inner peace through mindfulness
Peace starts with ourselves. With peace in our own mind, we can emanate peace to…
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Applying karma to our lives
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice…
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The perfection of concentration
A teaching on concentration, including meditation instructions. The perfection of wisdom is introduced with an…
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Debating with anger
Beginning with a review of Verses 42-50, and then leading us in a debate between…
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The Buddhist path and emptiness
An overview of the Buddhist path and how the delusion of an intrinsic self is…
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Know your mind: The twenty auxiliary afflictions
An explanation of the 20 auxiliary mental afflictions, which are branches of the three root…
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Know your mind: Six root afflictions
Explanation of the meaning and antidotes to the remaining five root afflictions: anger, arrogance, ignorance,…
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Know your mind: A general explanation of afflictions
An overview of mental afflictions and explanation of the first of the six root afflictions,…
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Dependent arising
Completing Chapter 6, covering karma and instinctual behavior and commencing Chapter 7, describing the wheel…
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Patience and joyous action
More on the perfection of patience and a teaching on the last three perfections: joyous…
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