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Venerable Thubten Chodron Purifying for refuge practice
Why purification is necessary; practices for taking refuge in spiritual mentors, the Buddhas, the Dharma,…
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Appreciation and mindfulness
What is mindfulness and how it plays an important role in study, meditation and ethical…
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Attention and aspiration
The important characteristics of attention and aspiration mental factors.
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Discrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
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Introduction to mind and mental factors
The Buddhist view of our thoughts and consciousness.
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A second pilgrimage in China
Two weeks of travel in China followed by two weeks of retreat and teachings with…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama The value of a disciplined way of life
Buddha's monastic precepts and their similarities to the Christian practice.
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Right effort, view, and thought
Concluding the teachings on the the eightfold noble path by looking at right effort, right…
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Right concentration and effort
Examining the eightfold noble path through right concentration and right effort.
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Mandala and the far-reaching attitudes
Discussion about mandala offerings and demonstration of how to offer the mandala.
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Right mindfulness
Examining the eightfold noble path through mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and phenomena.
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