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Wisdom

Monk chat: Questions about reality and attaining lib...

Short videos covering questions about arhats, karma, and the nature of reality.

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

Monk chat: Questions about how to practice

Short videos covering questions about cultivating compassion and how to relate to a spiritual teacher.

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Thangka image of Lama Tsongkapa.
Tenets with Ven. Sangye Khadro

Introduction to Buddhist tenets

An introduction to the four tenet schools and the reasons for studying Buddhist tenets.

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Aid worker passing out supplies to a Ukrainian man during time of war.
On Taking Illness Onto the Path

What a wonderful world!

A student reflects on how pain and suffering can be transformed into "little bits of…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Examples of how we cycle

Teaching from Chapter 8, describing the implicit explanation of the 12 links and covering the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Taking pleasure in bad actions

Completion of the commentary on the intrusive conditions and incompatible propensities that interfere with practicing…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

It’s time to change your mind

Mind transformation as the essence of Buddhism, the Four Immeasurables, and how to cultivate positive…

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Monastic Life

Our top three priorities

By understanding impermanence and emptiness, our bodhicitta motivation becomes clear.

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Science and Buddhism

Compassion + Technology

How obsession with the latest technology hinders us from thinking about its negative impacts on…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Working with Conflict and Making Requests

Exploring ways to handle conflict situations, and how to skillfully make requests of others to…

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