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Venerable Thubten Chodron The six preparatory practices
The six practices to do to prepare the body and mind and create a conducive…
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Lati Rinpoche - May 28, 2008
Lati Rinpoche Vajrasattva meditation and recitation
An explanation by Lati Rinpoche of the purification practice of the Vajrasattva sadhana, including the…
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Clarifying the practice
Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…
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Retreat questions and discussion
A discussion session on retreat issues such as visualization, counting mantra, and working with hindrances…
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Renounce suffering, practice joyfully
Comments on a section of the Lamrim chenmo by Lama Tsongkhapa. Explains the types and…
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The Third Dalai Lama
- Dec 1, 2006
Essence of Refined Gold
A treatise on the Lamrim Tradition of meditation, a tradition known as "Stages on the…
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What are your non-negotiables?
Retreatants discuss what they can't let go of in their lives, and come to realize…
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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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Negating inherent existence
The three levels of selflessness. Conventional and ultimate truths. The three levels of dependent arising.
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Cultivating the correct view
The importance of meditating on emptiness. How ignorance leads to suffering and wisdom eliminates suffering.…
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Inspiration to ordain
Venerable Chodron was interviewed by Mahabodhi Society of USA about the benefits of monastic life…
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Renunciation
We are stuck in cyclic existence. Through the teachings, we see the problems of cyclic…
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