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Venerable Sangye Khadro The perfection of concentration
A teaching on concentration, including meditation instructions. The perfection of wisdom is introduced with an…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Debating with anger
Beginning with a review of Verses 42-50, and then leading us in a debate between…
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The Buddhist path and emptiness
An overview of the Buddhist path and how the delusion of an intrinsic self is…
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Meditation on the fourth attribute of true duhkha
A meditation looking for a self-supporting, substantially existent I or self.
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Know your mind: The twenty auxiliary afflictions
An explanation of the 20 auxiliary mental afflictions, which are branches of the three root…
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Know your mind: Six root afflictions
Explanation of the meaning and antidotes to the remaining five root afflictions: anger, arrogance, ignorance,…
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Know your mind: A general explanation of afflictions
An overview of mental afflictions and explanation of the first of the six root afflictions,…
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Dependent arising
Completing Chapter 6, covering karma and instinctual behavior and commencing Chapter 7, describing the wheel…
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Patience and joyous action
More on the perfection of patience and a teaching on the last three perfections: joyous…
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Who’s responsible for our suffering
Covering Verses 42-50 of Chapter 6, exploring various perspectives on who is "responsible" for our…
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Courageous Compassion
An overview of the sixth volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, “Courageous Compassion".
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Meditation on the third attribute of true duhkha
Meditation on exploring the possibility of a permanent, unitary, independent self.
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