Buddhist Worldview

An overview of core Buddhist concepts: the four truths of the aryas, rebirth, karma, refuge, and more.

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapter 6: The four establishments of mindfulness

How meditating on the four establishments of mindfulness relates to the four truths for ayras.

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapters 1-3: Review

Review of the first three chapters of the book at the start of the second…

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Buddhist Worldview

Finding happiness through wisdom

The three types of wisdom and how they empower us to create the causes for…

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Venerable teaching.
Karma and Your Life

Why do things happen?

Understanding how cause and effect operates in our lives helps us to create the causes…

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The Importance of Motivation

Making room for the Dharma—the eight worldly concerns

By reflecting on the their disadvantages and applying the antidotes we can decrease the influence…

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A young woman works in the Sravasti Abbey garden.
Refuge in the Three Jewels

Karma and your life: Taking refuge and precepts

The meaning of taking refuge in the Three Jewels and taking precepts. How to keep…

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A young woman works in the Sravasti Abbey garden.
Karma and Your Life

Karma and your life: Questions and answers, part 3

Responses to questions on karma in daily situations and relationships, how we can refrain from…

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A young woman works in the Sravasti Abbey garden.
Karma and Your Life

Karma and your life: The results of karma

An understanding of karma gives us the power to create the kind of experiences we…

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