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Helping the Dying and Deceased

When a dear one has a medical emergency

In a time of uncertainty, letting our minds relax can be of benefit to ourselves…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate communication

How to bring compassion to our communication and how to look at situations objectively without…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on compassion for our enemies

A guided analytical meditation to cultivate compassion for those we have difficulty with or who…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Counterforces to the afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 4, describing various counterforces to the afflictions, such as anger, attachment, jealousy,…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Working with anger

Teaching on the disadvantages of anger, giving commentary to Verses 1-6 of Chapter 6 "Patience"

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Feelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions

Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2021

Monasticism in the West

A question and answer session about Buddhist monasticism in the West.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The twelve links of dependent arising

The four distortions of mind, answers to questions about happiness and karmic imprints, and the…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2021

Taming the mind

The importance of taming our minds in relation to others we live with.

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21st Century Buddhists

21st-century Buddhists

Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient…

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