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Combining wisdom and compassion
Combining Chandrakirti's sevenfold reasoning with the three types of compassion.
View PostFeelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and…
View PostMonasticism in the West
A question and answer session about Buddhist monasticism in the West.
View PostThe twelve links of dependent arising
The four distortions of mind, answers to questions about happiness and karmic imprints, and the…
View PostSustaining our monastic life
How a long-term bodhicitta motivation is essential to sustaining ordained life and the importance of…
View Post21st-century Buddhists
Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient…
View PostThe value of a sangha community
The meaning of sangha and the benefits of living in a monastic community.
View PostChandrakirti’s sevenfold reasoning
Meditation and teachings on Chandrakirti's sevenfold reasoning to realize emptiness.
View PostFactors causing afflictions to arise
Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how six principal factors that cause afflictions to arise…
View PostLiving a happy monastic life
The key factors that lead to having a happy mind as a monastic and living…
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