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 Concentration and the five absorption factors
A brief description of serenity and the levels of concentration and how they relate to…
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Hindrances to concentration: Doubt
The fifth of the five hindrances, doubt, and how to counteract it. The importance of…
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Hindrances to concentration: Remorse
Part two of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…
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Hindrances to concentration: Restlessness
Part one of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…
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Hindrances to concentration: Dullness and drowsiness
A continuation of the third of the five hindrance, dullness and drowsiness, and how to…
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Hindrances to concentration: Dullness
The third of the five hindrances. Dullness and drowsiness and the antidotes to these hindrances.
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Hindrances to concentration: Desire and ill will
The first two of the five hindrances to concentration. How sensual desire and malice/ill will…
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Concentration, jhanas, and samadhi
The importance of suppressing the five hindrances in order to attain the jhanas.
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The pratimoksha vows
The various types of individual liberation vows and clarifying some confusion about the meaning and…
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Ethics and precepts
The importance of taking precepts and a reminder that precepts are voluntarily taken and are…
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Mindfulness for ethics, concentration, and wisdom
The importance of mindfulness in all three of the higher trainings, with an emphasis on…
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Mindfulness and introspective awareness
The importance of mindfulness and introspective awareness in our everyday lives.
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