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Science and Buddhism

Science and technology in service of society

Whatever innovations emerge in the fields of science and technology, our motivation and ethical conduct…

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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

In Praise of Great Compassion

An overview of the fifth volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, “In Praise…

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Mindfulness

Free from desire and discontent

Explanation of the fourth factor necessary to engage in the practice of the four establishments…

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Green Tara

Healing anger with Tara

The second of two online talks given to the Rainbow Body Sangha in India on…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Equalizing self and others

A detailed explanation of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others and the six…

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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps

An overview of "Following in the Buddha's Footsteps", Volume 4 of The Library of Wisdom…

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness of breathing

Teaching on mindfulness of the breath, and explanation of the third factor required for the…

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Guided Meditations

Meditation on the four attributes of true duhkha

Meditation on the four attributes of true duhkha as they apply to the body and…

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Illumination of the Thought

Grasping at the four truths for aryas

How those who have not realized emptiness may mistakenly grasp the four truths to be…

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Illumination of the Thought

Proving the realization of emptiness

Proving hearers’ and solitary realizers’ cognition of the absence of inherent existence.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Mind and the external world

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the evolution of the universe and the relationship between…

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