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 Taking refuge in the guru
How to take refuge in the guru as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro) of…
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Unfortunate rebirths
How Buddhist teachings on lower realms differ from theistic religions, and the importance of creating…
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Death and refuge
How contemplating death and impermanence can lead us to taking refuge in the Three Jewels.
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Death time and our body
The importance of cultivating a healthy relationship with our body.
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Death time and relationships
Considering the people in our lives, the karma we create in relationship with them, and…
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Death time and possessions
Considering how our possessions will not be of help at the time of death, that…
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The time of death is indefinite
A continuation of the nine-point death meditation, considering how our time of death is indefinite,…
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Death is definite
Beginning to discuss the nine-point death meditation. How thinking about death is important and how…
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Meditating on death and impermanence
The importance of the meditation on death and impermanence, how it helps us to re-prioritize…
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Freedoms and fortunes of this life
Exploring our great fortune in having been born in the human realm.
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The Vajrayana path
Concluding the series with an explanation on the four ways to benefit trainees, the combination…
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