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108 Verses on Compassion

Teachings on 108 Verses Praising Great Compassion by Bhikshu Lobsang Tayang.

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37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Commentaries on "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" by Gyelsay Togmay Zangpo.

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Commentaries on “The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation” by Geshe Langri Tangpa.

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Gems of Wisdom

Short talks on 108 spontaneous verses by the Seventh Dalai Lama Kelsang Gyatso.

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Verses commentaries on Manjushri's pith teaching to the Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Teachings on the Seven-point Mind Training by 12th-century Tibetan master Geshe Chekawa, one of the earliest texts in...

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons

Commentaries on The Wheel of Sharp Weapons by Dharmaraksita, a poem on the karmic effects of our past actions.

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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

Short talks on pithy sayings by 11th and 12th century Tibetan masters.

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Don’t Believe Everything You Think

A highly accessible commentary on the classic text The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas. Includes stories of how students have applied these teachings to transform their lives. A text that leads us to stretch our minds toward new perspectives.

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Good Karma

A commentary that plants a classic Buddhist text, the Wheel of Sharp Weapons, squarely into life in the modern world. Good Karma elucidates how we can eliminate the causes of anxiety, fear, and depression and create the causes of joy.

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Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage

An inspiring commentary on The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Khensur Jampa Tegchok. Clear instruction on developing love, compassion, and a correct view of emptiness.

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Art of Transforming Suffering Retreat with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2017)

Teachings by Venerable Sangye Khadro on the art of transforming suffering given at Sravasti Abbey in July 2017.

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Transforming Adversity into the Path (2012)

Short talks on transforming adversity into the path and applying thought training teachings in daily life.

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Verses from Nagarjuna (2015)

Short talks on verses from Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King, given at Sravasti Abbey during the Manjushri Winter Retreat in 2015.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: Pernicious thoughts

Questions about karma plus verses outlining obstacles to our spiritual practice and peace of mind.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: The importance of making offerings

How making offerings benefits us and how self-grasping ignorance causes afflictions to arise.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: Karma and the mind’s namtok

Our distorted ways of thinking and how this lead to the creation of negative karma.

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Good Karma: Overcoming spiritual obstacles

How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Good Karma: The four characteristics of karma

How to understand karma in the context of cyclic existence and multiple lifetimes.

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Transforming problems and anger

More ways to transform problems and four steps to face current challenges.

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Problems aren’t necessarily bad

How to transform our perspective on problems and practical ways to work with them.

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Four truths of the Aryas

The Four Truths of Noble ones, rebirth and reincarnation and Buddhist views on happiness and…

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Mind is the source of happiness and suffering

Explaining the Buddhist view on how our mind shapes our experiences of suffering and happiness.

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Bodhisattva Path

The power of the bodhisattva path

The importance of bodhicitta and two methods for developing it.

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Repaying the kindness of others

The limitations of personal liberation and the happiness of working for the benefit of others.

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Samsara is not a vacation

Seeing the kindness of others motivates us to work towards liberation for their benefit.

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