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The five main topics studied in Tibetan Buddhist mon...

An overview of the educational program in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries with descriptions of the five…

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Cultivating wisdom

Discussing the seventh jewel of the aryas, wisdom, and the three ways we can develop…

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Personal integrity

How to increase your integrity and consideration for others, considering what kind of person we…

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Consideration for sel...

Personal integrity and consideration for others, the fifth and sixth jewels of the aryas.

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Learning in Tibetan M...

The study programs in the Tibetan monasteries, which is very different from learning programs in…

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Learning

Learning, the fourth jewel of the aryas, and how to best learn the Dharma.

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Material generosity

The benefits of material generosity, one of the different kinds of generosity referred to by…

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Ethical conduct

The importance of ethical conduct, the second Jewel of the aryas, and how hurting others…

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The seven jewels of the aryas: Faith

Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about faith, the first jewel of the aryas, and its three…

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Four Truths for the Aryas

The three higher trainings and the eight fold path

The three higher trainings—ethics, concentration and wisdom—are explained with the practices of the eightfold noble…

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