Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Establishing a daily practice
How to integrate the Dharma into our daily lives from the time we wake up…
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The qualities of the Three Jewels
How to cultivate and deepen refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha by reflecting on…
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Making wise decisions
Key principles that we can use to make decisions that will create the causes of…
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Gambling and other addictions
Expanding on the precept not to take intoxicants to include other activities, such as gambling,…
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The eight one-day precepts
The eight Mahayana precepts that Buddhist practitioners may take.
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Avoiding rebirth in the lower realms
Reflecting on the possibility of a lower rebirth motivates us to make wise decisions and…
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Nine-point meditation on death
Contemplating death helps us make our life more meaningful, motivates us to practice the Dharma…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Gomchen Lamrim review: The teachings, teachers, and ...
A review of the greatness of the lamrim, how to listen to and explain the…
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The benefits of remembering death
Remembering death shifts our mind away from the happiness of this life and helps us…
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The five lay precepts
The first three of the five lay precepts: not to kill, steal, or engage in…
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Antidotes to the eight worldly concerns and the ten ...
Real Dharma practice is overcoming the eight worldly concerns so we need to reflect on…
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