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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Retaliation

Covering Verses 122-132 from Chapter 6, exploring various reasons why retaliation against those who harm…

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Meditation

Developing great compassion

Review steps preceding the cultivation of compassion and specific instruction on how to cultivate compassion.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Feeling

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, describing the seventh link, feeling.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

The meaning of compassion

As commentary to Verses 116-122 of Chapter 6, emphasizing the importance of cherishing sentient beings…

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Meditation

Developing equanimity

How to meditate on equanimity as the prelude to developing loving kindness and compassion.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Sources, contact, feeling

Teaching from Chapter 7, covering the fifth link six sources in Pali tradition and covering…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Respecting sentient beings

Giving commentary to Verses 113-116, elaborating on why we should cherish and respect sentient beings…

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Monastic Life

Being mindful of our precepts and values

Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.

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Meditation

Compassion

The three causes of omniscience: compassion, bodhicitta, and skillful means.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Six sources

Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining name and form in Pali tradition and describing the fifth…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Cherishing our enemies

Covering Verses 104-112 of Chapter 6 "Patience" and exploring various reasonings for why we should…

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