Thought Training
Teachings that help us transform our minds to see people and events we find challenging from a Dharma perspective.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 114-Colophon
Talking about the two truths, how we feel we exist, and meditating on emptiness using…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 111-113
Examining how karma is not inherently existent, many causes and conditions the are involved to…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 107-111
Everything is empty of inherent existence, but karma still functions. Actions bring results because they…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 105-107
How self-grasping ignorance and all the afflictions are empty of inherent existence, are not real…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 102-105 (Review)
Emphasizing how when we understand emptiness correctly, we come to appreciate karma much more. Practicing…
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Meditating on three types of compassion
Importance of persisting through hearing, thinking, and meditating until we see and feel how our…
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How things exist
How understanding things exist dependently provides us freedom to act without afflictions and cultivate compassion.
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108 Verses: Verse 9
Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with…
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108 Verses: Verse 8
How understanding impermanence helps us view the true nature of self and develop a long…
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Discussion on kindness of others
Discussion on how we focus on self due to many factors and importance of caring…
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Methods to cultivate compassion
Techniques to transform our mind from cherishing self to cherishing others for cultivating compassion.
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Guided meditation on cyclic existence
Developing the aspiration to be free by examining the sufferings we have because of various…
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