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Venerable Thubten Chodron Open heart, clear mind
Practical advice on how we can apply Buddhist psychology to improve the quality of our…
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Question and answers on Dharma and life
Answers to Dharma and personal questions. Topics include aging, issues around sickness, and death and…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro The roadmap to enlightenment
Covering Chapter 1, "Greatness of the Author" and beginning Chapter 2, "Greatness of the Dharma"
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Three aspects of the Tathagatagarbha
Explaining the three aspects of the Buddha Essence, from the section "Three Aspects of the…
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Working with the eight worldly concerns
A short talk on how to work with the eight worldly concerns: attachment to praise,…
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What obscures our buddha nature
Explaining the remaining five similes, from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha" and beginning the…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Review of Chapter Nine: Verses 1-4
Review on the first four verses of Chapter 9 of Shantideva's text.
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What if the Buddha were a lay woman?
Questions from the Hamburg Dharma College about Venerable Thubten Chodron's personal practice, monastic life, and…
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Kindness in practice
How might we respond with kindness towards others no matter what situations arise?
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A matter of life and death
How being mindful of death in our daily life can help us and how to…
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