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Venerable Thubten Chodron The five precepts
How the five precepts guide how we live and relate to each other for the…
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The order in which afflictions arise
Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing the order in which afflictions arise according to different…
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The defects of anger
Discussing the various defects and disadvantages of anger, covering Verses 1 - 6 of Chapter…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Compassion and empathy review
Further commentary on how empathy is important in being compassionate, how to develop empathy and…
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Guided meditation on compassion
A guided meditation to make the mind more familiar and more habituated to the feeling…
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Eighty-four thousand afflictions
Completing Chapter 3, covering five hindrances and beginning Chapter 4, describing how fear, anxiety and…
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel 
Meditating on suffering (continued)
How meditating on suffering gives rise to renunciation and a discussion about the root of…
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Putting the dharma into practice
Covering Chapter 5 Verses 100-109, discussing the advice to dedicate our merits for the welfare…
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Fetters and pollutants
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali…
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How to make the mandala offering mudra
A demonstration of how to make the mandala offering mudra.
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