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Stages of the Path

The roadmap to enlightenment

Covering Chapter 1, "Greatness of the Author" and beginning Chapter 2, "Greatness of the Dharma"

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Three aspects of the Tathagatagarbha

Explaining the three aspects of the Buddha Essence, from the section "Three Aspects of the…

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New to Buddhism

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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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

What obscures our buddha nature

Explaining the remaining five similes, from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha" and beginning the…

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Living in Community

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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Ethics in the Modern World

Kindness in practice

How might we respond with kindness towards others no matter what situations arise?

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Living with Impermanence

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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Dealing with Grief

Transforming problems into the path

Whether grief can be seen as an affliction, the four distorted conceptions, and how to…

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Dealing with Grief

Stages of grief

A teaching on the seven stages of grief with a meditation.

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Dealing with Grief

Five remembrances

An introduction to the topic of grief and the five remembrances.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Like gold in filth

Explaining the third and fourth similes, from the section “Nine Similes of Tathagatagarbha”, in Chapter…

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