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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review: Our precious human life
Beginning review section of the preliminary four preliminary practices. Explores the first preliminary practice, the…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The thief of self-centered thought
How we often view the self-centered thought as a friend, but the only thing that…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Review: Purpose of the mind training practice
Review of introduction to the text and the practice of mind training.
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Equalizing self and others
Completing the section of the text explaining equalizing self and others by looking at things…
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Developing bodhicitta
Equalizing and exchanging self and others and an explanation of the first six points of…
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The altruistic intention
The seven-point cause and effect technique for generating bodhicitta: the last five points.
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Seeing the kindness of our parents
The first two of the seven points of the cause and effect method of generating…
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Advantages of bodhicitta
The two kinds of bodhisattvas, the accumulation of merit, and the need to develop wisdom…
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Cultivating conventional bodhicitta
Introduction to the section of the text that explains how to cultivate the conventional awakening…
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The disadvantages of cyclic existence: Part 2
In-depth teaching on the third through the sixth disadvantage of cyclic existence. This teaching completes…
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The disadvantages of cyclic existence: Part 1
Introduction to the fourth preliminary practice, the six disadvantages of cyclic existence, with an in-depth…
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Karma, samsara, and dukkha
A comprehensive teaching on the intricate interplay of karma and its myriad manifestations of results.…
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