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The “Ye Dharma Dharani”
Starting teaching from Chapter 10, explaining "dharani" to describe how they cover different aspects of…
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70 Topics: Knower of paths
Overview of chapter 2, knower of paths, and its first four topics.
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Giving up attachment
Commentary on verses 1-3 of Chapter 8, "Meditation". How attachment to the wonders of this…
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Working with anger
Practical advice on working with anger in personal relationships and dealing with criticism.
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Mind-only tenet school: Part 2
Assertions of the Mind-only tenet school on the two truths, the modes of existence of…
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Compassion and the determination to be free
Completing Chapter 9, describing how to think about the four truths in terms of three…
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Making effort, joyfully
Commentary to verses 68-76 of Chapter 7, "Enthusiasm". How to use conscientiousness and introspection as…
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70 Topics: Concentrations, absorptions, and bodhisat...
Teachings on chapter 1, topics 8 and 9 on the achieving of engagement and the…
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Mind-only tenet school: Part 1
Introduction to the Mind-only or Cittamātra school including views on the two truths and the…
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Offering our help to all beings
Doing the taking and giving meditation to purify past actions.
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Dealing with betrayal of trust
How to work with attachment and respond to harm from others with compassion.
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We are not inherently selfish
Purifying the harm we have done to others directly and to ourselves indirectly.
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