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Monk chat: Questions about reality and attaining lib...
Short videos covering questions about arhats, karma, and the nature of reality.
View PostMonk chat: Questions about monastic and community life
Short videos covering questions about monastics living in community.
View PostMonk chat: Questions about how to practice
Short videos covering questions about cultivating compassion and how to relate to a spiritual teacher.
View PostLoving-kindness: The first immeasurable thought
An in-depth look at the first immeasurable: loving-kindness.
View PostIntroduction to Buddhist tenets
An introduction to the four tenet schools and the reasons for studying Buddhist tenets.
View PostWhat a wonderful world!
A student reflects on how pain and suffering can be transformed into "little bits of…
View PostExamples of how we cycle
Teaching from Chapter 8, describing the implicit explanation of the 12 links and covering the…
View PostTaking pleasure in bad actions
Completion of the commentary on the intrusive conditions and incompatible propensities that interfere with practicing…
View PostIt’s time to change your mind
Mind transformation as the essence of Buddhism, the Four Immeasurables, and how to cultivate positive…
View PostOur top three priorities
By understanding impermanence and emptiness, our bodhicitta motivation becomes clear.
View PostCompassion + Technology
How obsession with the latest technology hinders us from thinking about its negative impacts on…
View PostWorking with Conflict and Making Requests
Exploring ways to handle conflict situations, and how to skillfully make requests of others to…
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