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Spiritually preparing for death
A third guided meditation on death, touching on unhelpful attitudes towards death.
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Practicing with your spiritual mentor’s passing
Advice on how to take a spiritual mentor's passing into our Dharma practice.
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The 9-point meditation on death
Two guided meditations on death with questions and answers.
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The way we live will affect the way we die
Awareness of impermanence and death helps us to live more meaningfully and die peacefully.
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Unborn clear light mind
Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…
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Be your own therapist
How to pay attention to, identify, and unpack the thoughts that inform our emotions in…
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A tribute to Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lessons from spiritual teachers and advice to students after a spiritual mentor’s passing.
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Introduction to the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
The importance of learning the Four Establishments, an overview of them, and a meditation on…
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Enacting others’ welfare
Commentary on Shantideva's verses that explain how to exchange self and others.
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Primordially pure awareness
Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…
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