Stages of the Path

Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.

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Essence of a Human Life

The certainty of death

Overcoming our denial around death helps us to make our lives more meaningful.

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Essence of a Human Life

Creating the causes for happiness

How the long-term view of creating causes for our future happiness helps us to be…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Meditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, pa...

How to recognize the object of negation, the inherently existent self, and analyze whether it…

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Essence of a Human Life

Being fearless in making life meaningful

Appreciating the value of our precious human life, especially respecting our interest in spiritual growth…

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Essence of a Human Life

Valuing our intelligence

Contemplating the rarity of having a human intelligence to study and practice the Dharma, and…

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Essence of a Human Life

Flattening our pride

The importance of being receptive and open to Dharma teachings, especially when they push our…

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Essence of a Human Life

Relying upon Tara the liberator

Why Tara is a reliable source of refuge, and how the question of gender becomes…

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Essence of a Human Life

How Tara helps us

Why we turn to Tara for refuge and how she helps us by teaching us…

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Essence of a Human Life

Overcoming confusion

A new series of teachings on a text by Je Rinpoche. Setting the scene for…

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Essence of a Human Life

The Essence of a Human Life

Verses by Lama Tsongkhapa on how to use our precious human life to pursue what…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Cultivating serenity: The five faults and their anti...

Counteracting the five faults that interfere with developing meditative serenity by using the appropriate antidotes.

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