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Teachings that help us transform our minds to see people and events we find challenging from a Dharma perspective.

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

108 Verses: Verses 52-53

Developing an understanding of our lives and making decisions that give us long-term benefits.

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

108 Verses: Verses 48-52

How we need to be receptive vessels for teachings and to develop our understanding through…

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

108 Verses: Verses 43-46

How to think about the kindness shown by our parents and, based on that, how…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Serenity and insight

How insight is the union of serenity and the correct view of selflessness: what serenity…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Selflessness of phenomena

An explanation of the lack of an inherently existing "mine," and the selflessness of phenomena.…

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Seven-point Mind Training

An inherently existent self

How to investigate if the self is inherently different from the aggregates and steps in…

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Seven-point Mind Training

The self and the aggregates

Selflessness of persons: how to investigate if the self is inherently one with the aggregates.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Review: Object of negation

A review of the commentary on identifying the object of negation: the reasoning used to…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Establishing selflessness

Three mistaken approaches to determining selflessness and the order for establishing selflessness.

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Seven-point Mind Training

The root of samsara

How things and self are merely imputed by thought and how ignorance is the root…

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