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The stages of the path within our reach in the West
How the three principal aspects of the path lead to happiness for ourselves and others.
View PostBringing Dharma to the West in the 21st century
Questions about the function of Dharma communities and how lay people and monastics can support…
View PostFour virtuous practices
Practices that prevent bodhicitta from degenerating in future lives.
View PostOvercoming self-centeredness
Investigating the way self-centeredness causes problems and how to overcome it.
View PostSeeing things clearly
Examining conventional and ultimate existence and searching for an inherent self.
View PostSuffering is a result of how we think
How seeing the world through the eyes of a victim make us unhappy.
View PostCaught in the four currents
Examining the situation for all beings in cyclic existence and how bodhicitta helps.
View PostHigher training in ethical conduct
Questioning why we engage in ethical conduct, and reviewing the first three sections in Chapter…
View PostRenunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing em...
How renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing emptiness lead to true happiness.
View PostCompassion in our country
How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.
View PostBuddhist Monastic Experience
How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.
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