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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Some thoughts on the practice of gratitude
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we become happier by becoming kinder.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe We create the causes for joy and sorrow
Teaching on how we are responsible for creating the causes for joy and sorrow.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The kindness of others
Continued explanation of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others with the three points…
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How to seek reality by means of dependent arising
The Buddha’s motivation for teaching dependent origination and the two kinds of ignorance.
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We are all equal
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others.
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Wrong views of emptiness
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe outlines and refutes various misinterpretations of the Buddha’s teaching on emptiness.
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Generosity of the heart
How to cultivate the four brahmaviharas or divine abodes of love, compassion, empathetic joy, and…
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Empathic distress
How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meditation on empathic distress
A guided meditation on the difference between compassion and personal distress.
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Everyone wants happiness
Explanation of the nine-point equalizing self and other meditation, covering point 1, how everyone equally…
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The importance of understanding dependent arising
Teaching on the importance of dependent origination and its relationship to emptiness.
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